Re: [cobalt-users] DNS Naming resolution - Raq Newbie

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Cordeiro wrote:

> I have a Raq 3i and setup DNS using the following:
> A record webspyder.com - xxx.xxx.xxx.5
> reverse lookup xxx.xxx.xxx.5 - webspyder.com
> A record ws-raq-01.webspyder.com - xxx.xxx.xxx.5
> reverse lookup xxx.xxx.xxx.5 - ws-raq-01.webspyder.com

You should only have ONE ptr (reverse lookup) record for any given IP#.

> Cname record www - ws-raq-01.webspyder.com
> 
> The Host name in the Network Control Panel is ws-raq-01 and the interface is
> xxx.xxx.xxx.5
> 
> Now I can resolve the name and Ip's fine but when I connect to the raq via a
> Browser using www.webspyder.com, the browser resolves the name and opens the
> page, but the Name switches to the Network Host name
> (ws-raq-01.webspyder.com) as opposed to remaining www.webspyder.com.

Did you set up the main site for ws-raq-01.webspyder.com, or did you set
up a virtual site for www.webspyder.com?

If you want the site name in the browser to be "www.webspyder.com", then
either the machine name needs to be www, or you need to set up a site
for www.webspyder.com as a virtual site.

The rewrite rules in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file will
automatically change the URL in the browser to whatever host name you've
used when creating the site in question.  You can comment out the
rewrite rules in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, but if you do, then the
siteadmin and useradmin functions will no longer work.  Of course that's
not a bug, that's a feature <smile>.

I just did an nslookup on webspyder.com and get a completely different
set of addresses; nothing ending in 5.

It would be very helpful if, in presenting your question, you'd be
willing to let us see the real IP#s.  Alternatively, if you've got a
reason why we shouldn't see them, please let me know what it is, since
I've never in my life heard a good reason for hiding IP#s, and in fact,
if you were successful at it, your website would be completely
unreachable.

Thanks.

Jeff
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