[cobalt-users] FTP can't resolve host - Solved

["Jorge Ceballos" <jorge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>This past weekend I switched my RaQ4's DNS from my colo's to my own  :-)
>
>Everything works fine now.
>/etc/resolv.conf  file had to be updated, from my colo's IPs to mine in
>order to have email working (btw, was this wise?)
>
>Now, the problem is that I can't FTP into any of the sites using this DNSs.
>
>If I try to tracert ftp.domain.com, it won't resolve either.
>
>What did I miss ?

>Did you change your domain registrations to point to your DNS servers and
>not the colo's? Or are you working off old obsolete registration-entries.
>This needs to be changed with the domain registrar.

>Jale

>Yes Jale, they were changed during the weekend.
>My registar shows that the propagation is complete by now - more than 48
>hours -.
>and my hourly Logcheck shows regular FTP port activity:

>Jan  6 20:04:09 www proftpd[30714]: www.mydomain.com - xxx.xx.xxx.xx:20
masquerading as xxx.xx.xxx.xx

>Any ideas?
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>How about the PTR records?
>You can't control the PTR records, your colo does that.

>Tom
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I set a another A record for the domain with ftp as host: ftp.mydomain.com
That's it.

Sorry for the trouble and thanks again

Jorge Ceballos