Registering DNS Hosts
Barry Margolin
barmar at genuity.net
Thu Mar 7 15:30:11 UTC 2002
In article <a6764n$jna at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Fred Viles <fv+abuse at nospam.epitools.com> wrote:
>WebReactor Networks <bind at webreactor.net> wrote in
><a66bnk$ggs at pub3.rc.vix.com>:
>
>>...
>>I have a domain registered with OpenSRS, and a friend of mine had
>>one there as well. We wanted to rename his host (name server)
>>from ns1.hisdomain.tld to ns2.mydomain.tld. Since he has no
>>authority over mydomain.tld he could not rename his host to be
>>within my domain, even though both domains were registered with
>>the same registrar (OpenSRS). Since I have no authority over
>>hisdomain.tld, I could not change his host record. Solution? We
>>have to transfer one of our domains to the other person so that
>>both domains are owned by the same authority (registrant), rename
>>his host, and transfer the domain back.
>
>This makes no sense. AFAIK there is no such thing as "renaming" a
>host record. You create the ns2.mydomain.tld host record, and he
>deletes the ns1.hisdomain.tld record. If you want ns2.mydomain.tld
>to have the same IP address as ns1.hisdomain.tld had, the deletion
>must happen first.
But you're not allowed to delete a host record if it's still being
referenced by a domain record. Without a rename operation, he would have
to do:
* Modify all the domains to remove ns1.hisdomain.tld
If the domain only lists two servers, this might be difficult if the
registrar requires at least two.
* Delete ns1.hisdomain.tld
* Create ns2.mydomain.tld
* Modify all the domains to add ns2.hisdomain.tld
I'm pretty sure most registrars provide a rename operation so you don't
have to go through this roundabout process.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
Genuity, Woburn, MA
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