Re: [cobalt-users] Configuring Secondary DNS (2nd Plea For Help)

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> > > I should enter the primary and secondary dns into the appropriate
fields
> > > under Control Panel Network.
>
> No, I don't think so. The "Network" refers to your RaQ as a *client*. That
> is, when your RaQ (the server itself) needs to resolve a name
> (www.domain.com) to an IP address, whom is it going to ask? You get to put
> in two IP addresses that will act as nameservers for your RaQ, that is
> answer questions that your RaQ asks.
>
> Suggestion: You can tell your RaQ to ask itself as its first option, and
to
> ask your ISP's nameserver if it's own internal nameserver doesn't provide
> answers.
>
> > > When I create a new virtual site, I should only provide the primary
> > > dns info for that site in the Control Panel > DNS > Parameters screen.
> > > Am I correctly interpreting your recommendations?
>
> Yes. The only difference between primary and secondary is that primary
gets
> its data from you, and secondary gets its data from primary. But the both
> provide the same answers: why the heck would bind agree to answer twice
for
> the same thing and have two internal copies of the same data? It won't.

well thats a head twisting one.....

bottom lines.....
In control-pannel-network
the primary namesever is the server you want to ask first when your raq has
a question.
The secondary nameserver is the server your raq ask when the primary fails
to answer.

depending on your "ip's" reverse lookups and your feelings about log files,
error messages and other goodies you might want to set the primary to your
raqs main ip.  otherwise you might want to set it to your isp provided
server (granted they gave you permission) or it works :)  then your machie
dosen't do all the work of looking up everything,,,,

Now the server is ready for sites.....

you add a site via the gui... in the dns you want to add namerserver records
for each domain you are in control of....  these will be the same servers as
listed in your "whois" information.  just make sure you have control or the
correct information in the "Primary nameserver"

> > > Regarding email, am I correct in assuming that when I create a user,
the
> > > system automatically generates a corresponding site for that user? Is
it
> > > possible to create a fully function email account (not alias) without
> > > creating a user web site account?
>
> Beats hell out of me. Ask someone with a RaQ.

Beats hell out of me too!
It might be easier to just create an account and then remove the web dir or
even just chmod it 700 ?

> > > is some way to create a mail.mydomain.com through the DNS > Parameter
> > > Screen. How is this done? Do I simply create a record that points
> > > mail.mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com?

no and it needs to be an "A record"

>
> A records point a name to an address. You can have many A's to one
address.
>

Really?

Zeffie
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