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Re: [cobalt-users] DNS - Secondary DNS
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] DNS - Secondary DNS
- From: "Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat Feb 3 00:42:01 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
"Joseph Ambrose" <jambrose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> I am a newbie and DNS can be confusing to me, but here's my situation:
> I have hosting customers on another server and I want to switch the
> IP address for the DNS entry from the old server to my new Cobalt RaQ3.
> 1) Can I set my Secondary DNS for a totally separate Domain name.
>
> Example: Primary DNS - ns1.abc.com 555.555.55.550
> Secondary DNS - ns1.someotherdomain.com 555.555.55.552
>
Of course, as long as the Master (primary) knows about the Slave (secondary)
and the Slave (secondary) knows about the Master (primary). Which if these
are RaQs will be taken care of in the GUI.
And, don't forget to check named.conf for the ptr zone bug 0/24 instead of 0-24
in the line defining the ptr zone. (in-addr.arpa file).
Gerald