Re: [cobalt-users] DNS - Basic Concepts and Instructions

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Mon, 7 May 2001, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:

> At 5/7/01 01:22 AM -0400, you wrote:
> >Note that this is in reference to 'slave nameserver' not 'slave zone' ,
> 
> More to the point, I believe: it refers to the slave *command* in 
> named.boot, which I've never even seen, in reference only to the forwarder 
(Which puts the server in slave mode ;) But i may be being picky here -/

> A nameserver configured with a slave zone is, thus, acting in a slave role 
> *for that zone*.
Yup..exactly...
(tho i really hate the inconsistancy of the rfc's and the implimentation,
it's such a mess, the rfc's that are more recent have taken to terms like
non-master, and parent/child to reduce the confusion, but this makes it
even worse ;)

> Thanks, though. I'll show you the thing when I've corrected it. I've also 
> got to add reverse DNS, and some other little trinkets.

A blow by blow example seems on order also (you have some pieces, but
maybe a complete layout for a typical vhost server with a site,
nameserver, mail server NS records etc etc, and for raq's the steps to add
them....(since someine seems to botch it about once a week based on the
list, and i'm guessing 3 times that many that won't admit it by posting ;0

> 
> Someone know how I can turn this into a real DNS-Beginners-HOWTO?

You already have , mostly, tho i fear it's gonna get longer than you
expected by the time you are done -/

ps: don't forget to mention that for reverse that the NS's are possabily
totally unrelated to the forward domain servers ;) have seen that one
stump folks...

Are you *SURE* you want to tackle in-addr ? lol

gsh