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Re: dnsServerHELP (fwd)[4~

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hart)
Fri Nov 29 21:45:43 1996

Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 13:44:04 +1100 (EST)
From: Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <m0vTe1C-0000SMC@crash.cts.com>
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On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, Robert Dewitt wrote:

> I can't get this dns file to work for ramedia.com or www.ramedia.com.
> Can anybody help please?????? This is an emergency. EXTREME gratitude
> is given to any help I receive.
> 
> 
> @       IN      SOA     dns.ramedia.com. root.dns.ramedia.com. (
	  ^^
it should be just @SOA

>                         11962803        ;Serial
>                         10800           ;Refresh
>                         3600            ;Retry
>                         43200           ;Expire
>                         300)            ;Minimum
> 
> ;
> ;	NameServers
> ;	*********************************************************
>                 	IN      NS      dns.ramedia.com.
>                 	IN      NS      dns2.ramedia.com.
> dns              	IN      A       207.211.14.30
> dns2              	IN      A       207.211.14.31
> ;
> ;       MailServers
> ;       *********************************************************
>                 	IN      MX      10 dns.ramedia.com.
>                 	IN      MX      5  mail.ramedia.com.
> localhost       	IN 	A    	127.0.0.1
> ramedia.com             IN      A       207.211.14.30
> www			IN      A       207.211.14.30
> ftp			IN	CNAME	dns.ramedia.com.
> mail			IN	CNAME	dns.ramedia.com.

You should *not* use a CNAME for an MX - as this can result in mail
loops...

> pop3			IN	CNAME	dns.ramedia.com.
> news			IN	CNAME	dns.ramedia.com.

Apart from these, things look fine. It would help if you gave some
hint of the error message named was giving - because there could be
problems in named.boot about which we know nothing...


Robert Hart                             hartr@interweft.com.au
Voice: +61 (0)3 9735 3586		http://www.interweft.com.au/
InterWeft, 35 Summit Road, Lilydale, Victoria 3140, Australia
        IT, data and voice networking
        Strategic IT business planning
        Internet planning, implementation, security and configuration


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