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www. isn't working!
Hello all,
I've been working on setting up my little Name Server, I'm on a Linux Box, running Red Hat 8, BIND (the later version, using .conf not .boot) and named.
I registered my IP address with the people I bought the domain name of...
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dns reverse lookup for dns hosting
Hi,
I have two DNS servers in my office. One is configure to be the primary DNS server and the other one, secondary DNS server. In my company, we do things like DNS hosting for our customer should they need to have their Domain Name host...
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Question setting up DNS
I have read several of the posts related to setting up a DNS server on Windows XP already. Even after spending several hours reading this and other resources, I am having a hard time figuring out what I'm doing.
What I am trying to do i...
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DNS and iptables problem
I have a problem. I just setup DNS for a test domain, and I can only get it to work with iptables service turned off.
Here is my iptables -L:
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT...
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Need dns i have some questions
Hi peole from the list.
I have a server thats runs fine with several sites.
I have never go thru dns stuff because i use zoneedit.com and works fine for me.
The thing is that i can not longer buy dollars to pay my zones due that the gov...
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Ok now
I've finally got a dns server set-up and everything. Now I dont get it... If I wanted say someone has a folder on my server named /folder and their domain name was www.folder.com
what would I do to let them use their domain name instead'a
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Hosting
I was wondering if I needed to have a dns server on my server if I wanted to allow people i'm hosting to use domains.
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DNS/Bind/Virtual Server help
I have never done this before, and of course my site isn't resolving. I did NS Lookup and the nameservers show up right.
Here is what I setup, please let me know if I did something wrong or missed doing something.
httpd.conf
<V...
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Simple redirecting web site problem
I have three basic websites:
- thinkbox.com
- kindlepark.com
- caspersspookymanision.com
All three are hosted by the same Lotus Domino Server and have different IPs.
I've created a new ZONE on my DNS svr called: toonbox.com
A...
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DNS problem on Freebsd 4.8
Hi to you all
I have a problem with my DNS Server
i configured the files named.conf ,localhost.rev, example.org, and exaple.org.reverse .
was editing my rc.conf file & start the named server with "ndc start".
At the m...
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dynamic dns service (w/o using subdomain)
does anyone know of a free dynamic dns service that would allow me to use my registered domain name -- not get an account with thier subdomain eg. mywebsite.NO-IP.com?
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DNS still not propogated 2 weeks later
I am caught between my hosting company and my registrar. Each is blaming the other for my site not propogating after 2 weeks. The strange thing is that it has propogated for some places but not others. I've checked web monitoring service...
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Private network, BIND and DynDNS
Hi, I've just set a DNS on my private network ( 192.168.0.x ) and it's working well. And now I want to map all my computer on the internet.
My server's already have a domain name (in fact, it's a zone...) with DynDNS. My question is : ca...
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Bind zone configuration
I am trying to set up a Bind 9 DNS server (216.206.88.4) on Red Hat 9. Right now our web, email, and DNS is done by our ISP. I am doing this, so that we may move them in-house. This server will return good data from external sources but, no...
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subdomainless entry not working with cname
hi there guys. i apologize if this has been answered before. i searched but couldn't find anything.
i am using redhat9.0 with its bundled bind. i have recently switched all my static a records to cname records because i went with a ne...
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dns example files questions
I spent a couple of days trying to get my dns server to work. I a noob in dns affairs. I think there is not enough clear informatins about dns, just some code dumps. Anyways, DNS has beaten me. I cannot configure my dns to work. I think a...
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Things to remember when defining your zones
I did some research and found much interesting information supported by the RFC which is worth a bit of highlighting:
http://serialcoders.sytes.net/Download/RFC/rfc2181.txt
Particularly section 10 is relevent to this topic.
10.1.
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I need help about website?
Ok see my web hosting comp, keep saying that my web site is working fine but i know it not right now my web site is down can anyone check to see if my web site it down or not?
address is www.knightmerchandise.com
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Setting up second email
Aloha. I have been having trouble setting up a test email server in DNS. We are using Groupwise 6.5 and our current domain is hpsi.net. I have another email server running Groupwise 6.0 that I want to set up as test.hpsi.net. We have a w...
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Simple Networking question
I am not sure if this question belongs to this forum. But I didn't see anything else which could deal with networking topic for the sys-admins.
I have a general question: (I am just looking for a general idea, nothing very specific or h...
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Setting up nameserver with registrar
I have my computer setup as a server, so I only have one IP address. My registrar insists on having two nameservers, and when I try to put both ns1 and ns2 as the same IP address, it won't let me. Any ideas?
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Two A Records?
I'm having server issues, so in addition to my base server, I have a "technical difficulties" page set up on a different server. How do I set up two servers to host my domain name, as backup in case my main server dies?
My A r...
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Windows 2003 DNS
i have my DNS setup, and it seems to be working properly from within my network, but from outside my network. yes, port 53 is open on my router. my web server runs fine, but the DNS doesnt seem to be working.
www.iyaracing.com/mmc.jpg is...
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windows 2000 pro & BIND 9.
1st Is it possible to run bind 9 on 2000 pro?
2nd Do I need perl and active ssl to do so??
I have downloaded bind 9.2.2 and placed everything in /WINNT/system32/dns/bin
3rd Is named.conf a file you create yourself? My bind does not ...
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"authoritative" name servers
I have a web site which is being hosted by myhost.com, and when I query the host's name server, ns1.myhost.com, it says that it is "authoritative" for my domain, mydomain.com. At the registrar for mydomain.com, I decided to you u...
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search directive in resolv.conf
RedHat 9 Question
Could someone explain in elementary terms how the search directive in the resolv.conf file works? If FQDN is not provided, how is this directive able to append the correct domain name without checking some sort of cach...
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Some DNS help, setting up properly
Hello everyone,
alright, I don't know too much about DNS and name servers etc. (I mean I know enough to get by and I can understand all the technical terms) but I need to figure out what is going on here.
Here is my delema, I have 3 s...
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networking
I have a XPNetworking problem I would like to mention. I perform the Network Setup Wizard on both my computers. The desk top has XP Pro and my lap top has XP Home. I am using a crossover cable from one network card to the other. I have dia...
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