RE: [cobalt-users] RE: problems with FTP

["Rodolfo J. Paiz \(E-mail\)" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Before you do anything else, get your reverse DNS set;
> > here's what I get when I try to look it up:
> >
> > [admin@joshua conf]$ nslookup 38.197.104.5
> > Server:  joshua.ez-access.com
> > Address:  216.116.124.170
> >
> > *** joshua.ez-access.com can't find 38.197.104.5:
> > Non-existent host/domain
>
> And to fix this, I just create a 38.197.104 DNS file?

No; you create a 104.197.38.in-addr.arpa file. Forward and reverse DNS is
done the same way, but with different files. Also, "A" records go from name
to number; "PTR" records are used to go from number to name.

Note that the in-addr.arpa file will have different names depending on the
network. The 104.197.38.in-addr.arpa name I mentioned assumes you run the
whole /24 (C-class) network; if you have a different subnet, the name will
be different.

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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>