RE: [cobalt-users] Newbie Question

["John Cordeiro" <jcordeiro@xxxxxxxx>]

This is an Excellent answer to a simple beginner question. I wish everyone
treated this list this way. Instead of flaming people because they are
ignorant to Linux.

Thank you.

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tim M. Muldoon
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 7:26 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Newbie Question


I made my first venture into server management three weeks ago. After
spending five days going around in circles I found these two resources and
had ns1/ns2 setup in 10 minutes.

As mentioned the link to
http://teamcobalt.interliant.com/faqs/setupdns.shtml

And this message from the archives. Many thanks to Fathi for a clear 'what
to do'


http://qube-users.qube.de/maillists/cobalt-users/1999-December/msg00648.html

Specifically...

We have several virtual nameserver running on one RaQ. For setup please
follow the instructions below, they work for us. For every virtual
nameserver you register you will need a seperate IP address.

(1) Virtual Sites:
*Setup a virtual site ns1.domain.com with IP1.
*Setup a virtual site ns2.domain.com with IP2.
(2) DNS:
*A record ns1.domain.com to IP1.
*A record ns2.domain.com to IP2.
*PTR record IP1 to ns1.domain.com.
*PTR record IP2 to ns2.domain.com
*advise your provider to setup reverse DNS for the IP address of your server
(not for the IP addresses of ns1/2.domain.com, only for the address of your
server). This is necessary for some mailservers or they will reject your
mail as they can't trace back the origin.
(3) InterNIC:
*very easy way: Go to Networksolutions (www.netsol.com) and register a new
domain name. Enter the following information as your
nameservers:
ns1.domain.com with IP1.
ns2.domain.com with IP2.


Tim
muldoon@xxxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Zebrovsky" <EvanZebrovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 3:40 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Newbie Question


> Hi everybody.
> I'm a new RAQ3 admin , and I have a simple problem.The thing is , I want
to
> know how can I setup the RAQ3 to act as a Primary/Secondary DNS server...I
> have read all the manuals twice already , and been to the site's knowledge
> base for several times.But I have been unable to find my answers yet.The
> problem is , when I register a domain with any registrar , I have to enter
> primary and secondary Name Servers , now this I understand...but my
Provider
> (The US company who leased me the RAQ3 , mine is a dedicated server by the
> way) told me that I should enter THEIR dns server addresses there.Is there
a
> way that I could have my own name servers , coz everytime I have to call
> them up and tell them to enter my new site's information into their
database
> , and that takes time , and long distance call is expensive.
> They also told me that I have to change the 2 DNS server addresses in the
> RAQ3's admin page/control panel/network area to their DNS server
> addresses...
> Can anybody tell me what to do? do I have to change some settings or Do I
> need some hardware/software upgrades?Do I need a special IP address for my
> RAQ3 for it to act as a DNS server?If there's any good resource about this
,
> I would be more than happy if anyone can just point me to that.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> I apologize for posting this LONG letter to a public list everybody.
>
> Evan
>
>
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