Re: [cobalt-users] Calling European/Aussie domain pointing help?

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carrie Bartkowiak wrote:

> One of my clients who already has a domain on my server has gotten a second
> domain with a .com.au extension and is trying to point it at the server as
> well. However, whatever service she's registered the .com.au name with is
> giving her fits trying to switch it over so it will point at my machine.

Ah yes...

> Here's what it's telling her:
> "www.allaboutchoice.com is referenced as a NS for domain deepblueweb.com.au
> by server raven.allaboutchoice.com, but www.allaboutchoice.com is not listed
> as a DNS server on the form.  If www.allaboutchoice.com should be a DNS
> server for deepblueweb.com.au, then go back and put it in the list on DNS
> servers on the form.  Otherwise you probably need to ask the owner of
> raven.allaboutchoice.com to remove the 'NS www.allaboutchoice.com' for
> deepblueweb.com.au on server raven.allaboutchoice.com."

I believe I posted about this yesterday.  Most top-level domains (though
NOT .com, .net, or .org) require that the nameservers be listed in NS
records before they'll do the DNS allocation.

If you've got a RaQ3 or above, you can fix this yourself; even though
the NS records aren't in your SOA record, that's where the RaQ3 and
above let you change them.

Or you can host your DNS elsewhere, with someone who knows DNS well
enough so these and other issues don't bite you.

We happen to be in the DNS hosting business, but that's not really my
point; my point is that you can fix it if you want.

We ran into this issue at one point helping one of our clients (who is
active on this list) and we found out the hard way, too.

> Any ideas why this one name isn't working, or what I can do to help her out?
> I'm not sure if this is a Cobalt thing, a DNS thing, or an Aussie thing
> (.au).  :)

It's an "Aussie" thing.  Actually it's an "Oz" thing.

Jeff
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