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DNS Zone in cPanel

This is the Zone of my Hostname : host.mydomain.com IN SOA ns1.mydomain.com host.mydomain.com IN NS ns1.mydomain.com host.mydomain.com IN NS ns2.mydomain.com host.mydomain.com IN A 111.111.111.111 ...
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DNS zone file for subdomain, query returns host not found 5(REFUSED)

I'm trying to setup subdomains on my DNS server running Yadifa 1.0.2 on Ubuntu 12.10 64bit but can't get it to work. in my yadifad.conf, my zone looks like this <zone> type ...
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Named doesn't seem to resolve or dig my domain

Here's my named.conf // // named.caching-nameserver.conf // // Provided by Red Hat caching-nameserver package to configure the // ISC BIND named(8) DNS server as a caching only nameserver // (as a ...
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Bind and GeoDNS zone

I am wondering when it comes to BIND DNS, if i use the zone: example.com in the named.conf file, will it send all the sub-domains of that zone to that db file or will i have to set up each sub-domain ...
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DNS Error: Whenever I tracert the web name it shows “able to resolve target system name”

I think something is wrong with my DNS file. Can someone help with the issue, my DNS is as follows example.com. 86400 IN SOA ns1.ip.secureserver.net. exampleemail.gmail.com. ( ...
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“zone has no NS records” error while setting up subdomain

I'm following this tutorial: http://groups.drupal.org/node/16862 to setup sub-domain on my ubuntu machine. In step III, I use the same db.mydev as the tutorial except the IP: mydev. 86400 IN SOA ...
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SPF record for sending emails

The website is under our server with the domain: xxxx.org.il the client email is xxxx@yyyyyy.co.il the email they get is from a third party the email we sent from the website are trough one of the ...
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Overwrite SOA expiry in a bind9 slave name server.

I run a slave name server of a domain that I do not have full control over (i.e. changing the SOA is not possibly). The SOA specifies an expiry time of one week. For various reasons, I’d like to ...
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How can I configure BIND that it FORWARDS lookups to an internet dns

I would like to configure BIND that I have a few "local" zones with manual entries and all other lookups should be forwarded to an external internet dns. How can I do that? Maybe I'm absolutely ...
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Wrong IP address in ssh restart

I've just set up a second vps (s2.example.com) and when trying to restart SSH I'm getting the following error: "The authenticity of host 'restart (xxx.xxx.xxx.74)' can't be established." The IP ...
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BIND no longer responds to AXFR Requests

Recently we moved our primary external DNS server. It has three caching DNS slaves in front of it provided by our ISP. They've told us they've started getting access denied requests when doing zone ...
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using TSIG how to add zone named configuration file?

Ive set up 2 dns servers. using tsig can someone tell me or direct me to a how to for adding zone to named.conf or named.conf.local file automatically? i mean if i add a zone in named.conf and file of ...
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How to copy DNS zones from Slicehost to DNSmadeasy

It seems that Slicehost DNS doesn't offer AXFR, but it does have an API. I have about 20 domains in Slicehost DNS and I'd like to automate the export process if possible. I've been trying to figure ...
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DNS synonyms: multiple zones, one zone file

I have a site with a bunch of synonym domains. The site itself accepts all the different domains, and redirects to the correct domain name. Is there any reason not to configure zones.conf like so: ...
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Can the dns' domain be in its own spf record?

I'm finally fixing up my dns zone files in Gandi, which has a handy feature that lets me use the same zone file for several domains. So I can keep 1 zone file for a single domain and all its tld's. ...
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Is it possible to define a block in a zone file as constant in Dynamic DNS (using bind)?

bind mangles my zone file every time a DNS update is done. If defining a block as constant isn't possible, is it possible to have 2 or more zone files describing one domain? The intent being one zone ...
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dns zone transfer to solaris slave

i'm running bind9 as a primary DNS-server for a private zone on debian gnu/linux, and everything is happy. the namserver is working at IP X.X.X.X1, $ dig foo.zoneA @dns.zoneA ; <<>> DiG ...
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Can't access my main domain (“Couldn't resolve host”)

I have a domain (bydorian.com) and today I tried to remove the www at the beginning. But now the sub-domain works (www.bydorian.com) but not the main domain (bydorian.com). The curl response is : ...
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Gmail DNS Settings - Do I need CNAME and an A Record?

I'm just a little confused... I'm using Gmail for my mail service, and have followed their instructions. I wanted to allow users to access their email via mail.mydomain.com, but just hoping to get a ...
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How can I make site.co site.com site.in site.info site.me all point to the same hosting provider

I have several top level domains registered, how do I make all these domains point to one single domain through DNS (is this possible or should I do a redirect?) i.e. my site.info is up an running ...
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BIND/DNS Zone meaning of “IN”

I have been reading http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-bind-zone.html but the document raised a question. What is the meaning of IN? Is it just a class which is optional or ...
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MX Subzone DNS Setup on xname.org

I've a zone example.tld configured with a wildcard CNAME (1&1), A records (custom & 1&1), MX records (1&1), and a subzone record (NS) pointing to ns1.xname.org. I've configured the ...
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Can I remove these DNS zones?

I manage a server without a cpanel, I installed Webmin on it. And under Bind settings I have these zones: "Root zone" "0" "0000::1" "127.0.0.1" "mydomain.com" "localhost" ...
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Fetch zone file for a domain name

I'm trying to move 2 web-servers (with German and Russian domain names) from one hoster to another one (where I can create/maintain own DNS zones). Before changing anything, I'd like to fetch and ...
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Zone file explaination, DNS?

I have a question regardin this Zone file from wikipedia.com " $ORIGIN example.com. ; designates the start of this zone file in the namespace $TTL 1h ; default expiration time of ...
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Is @ the same as the IP address for @ in the MX record entry of a zone file?

I have the following configuration in my DNS Zone. I want to switch the @ record to a different IP address, but I want to keep the MX records the same. Please note the IP address has been changed to ...
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Zone File Confusion - i don't understand what's wrong!

i've recently changed the few sites I manage to reside on one vps, instead of multiple hosting accounts. All of them successfully transferred except one, which is giving me issues, and I'm unsure why. ...
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Nameserver does not have A record

I recently upgraded BIND on my DNS server and now DNS isn't working for any of my websites. Performing an nslookup results in a timeout, and using dig on a different server tells me there are no ...
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Loading a zone without A entries

I's like to load a zone which has a NS specified by no A. It's going to be used for dynammic updates (basic zone has to exist before the updates are done). This used to work with bind version 9.3.4, ...
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dig: “Transfer failed.”

INPUT: dig +multiline google.com axfr OUTPUT: ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3-RedHat-9.7.3-1.fc14 <<>> +multiline google.com axfr ;; global options: +cmd ; Transfer failed. What am I ...
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BIND: one forward, multiple reverse?

How do I deal with the case where a domain has addresses in more than one subnet? EG: (bob.com) joe.bob.com A 14400 10.20.0.10 jim.bob.com A 14400 10.20.0.11 mary.bob.com A 14400 ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 DNS - One IP, multiple servers [closed]

I need opinions and examples on how to best to accomplish the setup I am looking for. I have a public-facing AD domain server with one public IP address. I have setup an external zone for ...
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DNS zone validation warnings

I just used "http://www.intodns.com/" to test my DNS setting. What is this below problem? How to solve it? Different autonomous systems WARNING: Single point of failure and Different subnets ...
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DNS Configuration Help for dedicated hosting server

I currently have a dedicated server UBUNUT 10.04lts with my own email server, dns server, and web server all running from the same box. I would like to love the DNS services off this box if at all ...
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Nameserver cant resolve my domain. My fault or theirs?

On my dedicated server at server4you.de I had theese nameservers preconfigured: nameserver 85.25.128.10 nameserver 85.25.255.10 they were unable to resolve my domain names 2xfun.de and ...
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BIND: how to delegate subzone to other DNS server?

I'm in the process of migrating from a workgroup served by a BIND9 DNS server, to a AD Domain based on Windows Server 2008 R2, and I'd like to keep using the BIND server until the AD infrastructure is ...
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Managing zone files

We host our very own DNS server (BIND) for various reasons, including the fact that we deploy and kill machines very often and that we sometimes need to load balance via DNS very quickly. However, ...
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One DNS zone per domain or all in one?

In my DNS administration software I have a option to create a new DNS zone and option to add records to existing DNS zone that I use for my first domain. I would like to add next doman in DNS. Should ...
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DNS (named) zone file loads correctly but does not resolve

I have a very strange problem that I not able to figure out. On my server I host two applications with two different domains: 1. onlinelogistics.eu 2. resursecrestine.org I also host a DNS server ...
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DNS Zone Info - Old Info Failed to Update with Nameserver Switch

Is the DNS Zone info determined by (or stored at) the host server or the registrar? I just had a DNS zone issue where some of the old host's manually-updated DNS Zone info was carried through (or ...