NS Setup Problem

[DemonSpeed]

Hey guys!

I just got my server with DA on it. However DA does confuse me a bit.

I am trying to setup my nameservers and everything, having a bit of trouble. Obviously i am overlooking something, so if someone could help me out here, that would be great, cause i am clueless!
:clueless:

HAHA

DemonSpeed

[jlasman]

Just as obviously, you haven't asked a specific question.

Exactly what do you want to do? In detail?

Or, what question do you have?

In detail?

It's hard to answer a non-question.

Thanks.

Jeff

[DemonSpeed]

Originally posted by jlasman
Just as obviously, you haven't asked a specific question.

Exactly what do you want to do? In detail?

Or, what question do you have?

In detail?

It's hard to answer a non-question.

Thanks.

Jeff

Sorry Jeff!

I am trying to add my nameservers onto my server. Sorry bout that!

DemonSpeed

[jlasman]

nameservers on a domain hosted on the server?

Or nameservers from elsewhere that you want to use?

On the admin control panel under something called "Administrator Settings" is where you put the nameserver names you want the server to use.

On the reseller control panel (including admin's reseller control panel) under Nameservers is where you assign nameservers to IP#s. You should only assign nameservers to IP#s if the nameservers are hosted by you.

Jeff

[DemonSpeed]

Originally posted by jlasman
nameservers on a domain hosted on the server?

Or nameservers from elsewhere that you want to use?

On the admin control panel under something called "Administrator Settings" is where you put the nameserver names you want the server to use.

On the reseller control panel (including admin's reseller control panel) under Nameservers is where you assign nameservers to IP#s. You should only assign nameservers to IP#s if the nameservers are hosted by you.

Jeff

I have a server that has no NS on it or pointing to it. I want to setup my own Authoritative NS on the server. That's all i want to do, seems you have to manually edit files in order to setup a NS, is that correct?

Or can DA setup the NS itself to be authoritative.

[DemonSpeed]

Alright, i got it set up, i got forward DNS now...how do i get reverse now?

Right now my IP resolves to "."

and i have this in my named.conf

zone "." {
type hint;
file "named.root";
};

Can i take that out of my named.conf? Or should i replace the "." with the server's hostname?

Thanks,

DemonSpeed

[jlasman]

Originally posted by DemonSpeed
Alright, i got it set up, i got forward DNS now...how do i get reverse now?
Has your upstream provider assigned you authority for reverse DNS? If so, then you can either create the zones manually and add them to /etc/named.conf manually, and then restart the named daemon.

Or you can when creating a new zone for that IP# check the "Create Reverse IP" box and get reverse DNS for that IP that way.
Right now my IP resolves to "."

and i have this in my named.conf

zone "." {
type hint;
file "named.root";
};

Can i take that out of my named.conf?
Not if you want your nameserver to work as a caching server.
Or should i replace the "." with the server's hostname?
Again, not if you want your nameserver to work as a caching nameserver.

If you remove your hints settings your nameserver will still be authoritative for it's own domains but will return a failure when you ask it for the IP# for any domain it doesn't host.

I strongly suggest not editing the /etc/named.conf file unles syou know what you're changing and why.

Jeff