Search Again: Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS From: Men & Mice Support Date: Monday, December 29, 2003 Time: 12:41:13 pm >>>2) ERROR: One or more of the nameservers listed at the parent >>>servers are not listed as NS records at your nameservers. The >>>problem NS records are: >>>ns2.one4allhosting.com. >> >>ns2.one4allhosting.com is the same IP as ns3.greenbuilder.com (or >>should be... see above). The reason for the ns3 name is simply to >>avoid confusing hosting clients. > >"zone data must match delegation data" Yes, usually that's true. However, if you're careful, data mismatches don't have to cause problems. In this case, I don't see a problem. However, to avoid future problems, it may be best to simply remove "ns2.one4allhosting.com" (the name, not the server) from the zone registration. This way, the delegation records would look like this: greenbuilder.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.greenbuilder.com. greenbuilder.com. 172800 IN NS ns2.greenbuilder.com. greenbuilder.com. 172800 IN NS ns3.greenbuilder.com. ns1.greenbuilder.com. 172800 IN A 205.238.129.202 ns2.greenbuilder.com. 172800 IN A 205.238.129.194 ns3.greenbuilder.com. 172800 IN A 24.234.162.52 Of course, the zone's authority records should match this. They currently don't: greenbuilder.com. 86400 IN NS ns.greenbuilder.com. greenbuilder.com. 86400 IN NS ns1.greenbuilder.com. greenbuilder.com. 86400 IN NS ns2.greenbuilder.com. greenbuilder.com. 86400 IN NS ns3.greenbuilder.com. ns.greenbuilder.com. 86400 IN A 205.238.129.195 ns1.greenbuilder.com. 86400 IN A 205.238.129.202 ns2.greenbuilder.com. 86400 IN A 205.238.129.194 ns3.greenbuilder.com. 86400 IN A 24.234.162.52 The "ns" server isn't listed in the delegation. Not a serious problem, but you (Bill) may want to address it at some point by adding this server to the domain registration. >and > >"SOA mname field must be in zone NS records" No, not true at all. Think of the case of a hidden master server. Besides, that's not the issue at hand. >>If there is any actual problem with this practice (assuming the >>host is properly defined, of course), please let me know. > >There are real and subtle problems, sooner or later, when your NS >records do not meet the rules of thumb above. Len, can you provide an example scenario that matches what Bill has done? I mean, yes, I've seen some pretty subtle and annoying problems caused by people ignoring these rules, but I've also seen things work just fine without perfectly following the rules. In this case, I can't see where any problem would arise from either of the two conditions: - A given server is mentioned twice, by different names, in the delegation records. One of these names is not used in the authority records. - Another server is listed in the authority records but not the delegation records. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice Customer Support Specialist Making DNS Easy

Messages In This Thread: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by System Administrator on Dec 18, 2003 at 10:40:03 am Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Ron Smith on Dec 19, 2003 at 1:31:15 am Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by System Administrator on Dec 19, 2003 at 4:24:01 am Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by mattb on Dec 19, 2003 at 10:31:50 am Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Dec 22, 2003 at 10:05:05 am Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Len Conrad on Dec 22, 2003 at 10:38:43 am Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Michael Wise on Dec 22, 2003 at 11:21:16 am Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Len Conrad on Dec 22, 2003 at 5:26:48 pm Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Michael Wise on Dec 22, 2003 at 6:08:36 pm Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by billc_lists@greenbuilder.com on Dec 22, 2003 at 11:20:20 pm Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Michael Wise on Dec 23, 2003 at 8:59:19 am Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Len Conrad on Dec 23, 2003 at 12:01:08 pm Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Michael Wise on Dec 23, 2003 at 4:43:54 pm Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by billc_lists@greenbuilder.com on Dec 27, 2003 at 12:07:21 am Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Len Conrad on Dec 27, 2003 at 5:57:53 am Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Men & Mice Support on Dec 29, 2003 at 12:41:13 pm Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Len Conrad on Dec 29, 2003 at 2:06:31 pm Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Men & Mice Support on Dec 29, 2003 at 2:29:57 pm Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Len Conrad on Dec 29, 2003 at 2:41:06 pm Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Men & Mice Support on Dec 29, 2003 at 3:15:46 pm Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by Len Conrad on Dec 29, 2003 at 6:49:52 pm Re: Panther, shared internet, and QDNS by billc_lists@greenbuilder.com on Dec 29, 2003 at 10:51:25 pm