On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Robbie Walker wrote:
> I'm pretty sure that you need to have your NS entries pointing to A
> entries, not CNAME... that is probably what's behind it.
I do not quite understand, would you mind correcting my lines below,
I know I ought to get a DNS book
but unfortunately I do not have a propper manual.
> At 06:04 AM 6/27/99 , you wrote:
> >
> >
> >hi all,
> >
> >Sorry for not giving a subject in my earlier mail
> >
> >First of all I must say that I am a NEWBIE running RH6.0.
> >After following your list for some weeks,
> >I did the installation of qmail on a test server.
> >
> >when executing ./config
> >I got the following error.
> >
> >-------------------------
> >Your hostname is dhamma.metta.lk.
> >Sorry, I couldn't find your host's canonical name in DNS.
> >You will have to set up control/me yourself.
> >-------------------------
> >./config-farst is ofcause the first solution.
> >I know this is not a Qmail problem, but I will have to settle it,
> >and do not quite know what this means.
> >Could someone kindly let me know
> >if the files I have setup below are correct
> >
> >I am running this server as a main server that will be on the Net 24hours
> >and will be collecting mail on this server for subdomains
> >the subdomains will dial up on a ppp link and download mail
> >
> >my main domain is "metta.lk" IP 204.143.107.46
> >and the subdomains are "col7.metta.lk" local IP 172.16.1.1
> >and "col4.metta.lk" local IP 172.16.1.1
> >
> >/var/named.hosts
> >----------------
> >;DNS-Format-Version-1
> >; Domains defined in this file:
> >; metta.lk.
> >; col7.metta.lk
> >$ORIGIN metta.lk.
> >@ IN SOA dhamma.metta.lk. root.metta.lk. (
> > 7 ; serial
> > 28800 ; refresh
> > 7200 ; retry
> > 604800 ; expire
> > 86400 ; minimum
> > )
> > IN NS dhamma.metta.lk.
> > IN NS server1.tradenetsl.lk.
> >
> > IN A 204.143.107.46
> > IN MX 10 dhamma.metta.lk.
> >
> >metta.lk. IN A 204.143.107.46
> > IN MX 10 dhamma.metta.lk.
> >
> >dhamma IN CNAME metta.lk.
> >
> >
> >www IN A 204.143.107.46
> >
> >col7.metta.lk. IN A 172.16.1.1
> > IN MX 10 metta.lk.
> >col4.metta.lk. IN A 172.16.2.1
> > IN MX 10 metta.lk
> >
> >
> >/var/named.rev
> >--------------
> >;DNS-Format-Version-1
> >;
> >; Domains defined in this file:
> >; 107.143.204.in-addr.arpa.
> >;
> >$ORIGIN 107.143.204.in-addr.arpa.
> >@ IN SOA dhamma.metta.lk. root.dhamma.metta.lk. (
> > 1 ; serial
> > 28800 ; refresh
> > 7200 ; retry
> > 604800 ; expire
> > 86400 ; minimum
> > )
> > IN NS dhamma.metta.lk.
> > IN NS server1.tradenetsl.lk.
> >34 IN PTR server1.tradenetsl.lk.
> >46 IN PTR metta.lk.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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