[cobalt-users] Re: DNS-network serial numbers?

[Patrick <rockdog@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Guys - Firstly wanted to say: Feel like I stumbled upon a bunch of
wizards... List seems fairly low volume compared to the user forum on
Sun.com - where the majority of questions seem to go unanswered - You lot
seem to be sheltering out here in your own little dell - away from the
rabble on sun.com :) - I can't understand why they aren't all subscribed
here... Seems to be separation in the Sun, Cobalt name... Get the feeling
this is more the traditional, original Cobalt group... and the rest are
either new Sun users, or legacy Sun users switching to Cobalt...

I do have history with Cobalt... but haven't been 'hands on' on my own box.
Better late than never? Or is there too much to learn so let's not bother?
Have been busy since getting the box ('cept for the last two days - long
week-end here - Uuurgh.) Trying to get up to speed.

If you guys don't mind pursuing the thread...? I originally asked about the
difference in these two numbers:

>> >Primary Serial_Number  =  2001121303
>> >Secondary Serial_Number  = 2001120315

And was informed that the primary _is_ greater than the secondary therefore
the zone transfer should take place... I stated this number could not be
set through the GUI... but of course changes to the DNS database on the
primary, ie, the creation of new domains yields the new (higher) serial number.

This query came about because my Country Domain Authority refuses to
authorise the domain change - because the secondary hasn't updated...
Though they tell me I'm at fault because my primary must be higher than my
secondary (which in fact it is...) And my ISP doesn't know there is a
problem on the secondary (that long week-end)... This is a fault on the
secondary?

Question: How does the Domain Authority query these servers to discover
these numbers? Can I do the same?

In reply to Gerald@xxxxxxxxx:

>Did you reload the zone file
>
>ndc domai.tld reload

Would this make a difference to the secondary - and this situation?

I almost purchased "Running Linux" today... and yesterday (different
bookshop, it wasn't in stock...) Still not sure how relevant it is to
running my box... Maybe I should research more resources - and buy a
different book... Linux in a Nutshell? That Cricket book? :).. Uuum. Any
suggestions? (suppose I really need them all?) Point is though: Is the
Cobalt box something I should think about as a Linux tool... or is it
[simply] a webserver - and an email server, and an ftp server and a DNS
server... Suppose the GUI is never enough.

>BIND administration is an art that cannot be learned 
>solely from a book or included documentation.  As 
>with most anything UNIX-related, the knowledge and 
>skills of a wise admin must be passed from your Master, 
>and his Master before him and his Master before him....

I wanted this - but Gee, much bigger than I thought. Great.

Thanks for the thread.

Cheers -
Patrick.