Search Again: Re: creating a slave or backup when authoritative isn''t QDNS From: Men & Mice Support Date: Monday, October 7, 2002 Time: 3:32:35 pm The normal "create zone" button/menu item creates a master zone. Do the following instead: - Select the server in the Manager window. - From the Server menu, select Add Slave Zone. - Fill in the zone's name and the master server's IP address. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy At 9:19 AM -0700 10/5/02, Roland Dumas wrote: >When I create a new zone on my server, it only allows me to select >my single server as the master and doesn't allow me to put in any >slave servers. What am I missing? > > >On Friday, Oct 4, 2002, at 21:25 US/Pacific, Men & Mice Support wrote: > >>You must create a slave zone on your server for each master zone on >>the other server. If they add more zones, you must also add more >>zones. They may also need to configure their server to allow this, >>if their server restricts zone transfers. >> >>Furthermore, the other business will have to arrange to have the >>delegation records for each of their zones updated to also point to >>your server. For registered domains, this means altering the >>registration record. For reverse zones, this probably means talking >>to their ISP. >>____________________________________________________________________ >>Chris Buxton Men & Mice >>support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy >> >>At 4:08 PM -0700 10/4/02, Roland Dumas wrote: >>>I would like to be the backup for a DNS that isn't under my direct >>>control. A favor to another business. How do I set up my server as >>>a 'slave' or as a backup DNS? Does the authoritative need to give >>>me permission in some way? Can I set QDNS 4 to download >>>periodically and be available?

Messages In This Thread: creating a slave or backup when authoritative isn''t QDNS by Roland Dumas on Oct 4, 2002 at 4:12:38 pm Re: creating a slave or backup when authoritative isn''t QDNS by Men & Mice Support on Oct 4, 2002 at 9:28:09 pm Re: creating a slave or backup when authoritative isn''t QDNS by Roland Dumas on Oct 5, 2002 at 9:22:58 am Re: creating a slave or backup when authoritative isn''t QDNS by Men & Mice Support on Oct 7, 2002 at 3:32:35 pm Re: creating a slave or backup when authoritative isn''t QDNS by Roland Dumas on Oct 7, 2002 at 4:37:40 pm