nslookup *** No address (A) records available for waynegraham.com

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 04:56:34PM +0100, Jeremy Laws wrote:
> ra# nslookup
> Default Server: ra.waynegraham.com
> Address: 195.224.166.130
> > waynegraham.com
> Server: ra.waynegraham.com
> Address: 195.224.166.130
> *** No address (A) records available for waynegraham.com
> > exit

White space counts!  Immensely!!!

Plus ... one need not always have an A record for the base domain name.
I don't understand why everyone now feels this compelling need to have
one.  But, I will see as I work thorugh the mess below, whether this is
something that you had intended to have.  The version I saw in the mail
had NO white space in the left column.  Of course ... if that were so
in your file, then you would not be able to get 'named' to read it, eh?

The following copies are formatted more nicely.  Who knows how MS
Outlook will totally mangle it?  Commentary follows.

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> ra# more wgm.db

waynegraham.com. IN SOA ra.waynegraham.com. root.ra.waynegraham.com. (
			200013091024 ; Serial
			10800 ; Refresh
			1800 ; Retry
			3600000 ; Expire
			259200 ) ; Minimum

		IN  NS	ra.waynegraham.com.
		IN  NS	rb.waynegraham.com.
		IN  NS	cache1.dns.gxn.net.
		IN  NS	auth1.dns.gxn.net.

		IN  MX	10	ra.waynegraham.com.
		IN  MX	20	rb.waynegraham.com.
		IN  MX	30	dispatch.mail.gxn.net.

localhost	IN  A	127.0.0.0

; ip allocation from planet 194.152.94.65 -> 194.152.94.126
; Please note that if you edit this file you must also
; edit it in /var/named/wgm.rev
www		IN  A	195.224.166.130
mail		IN  A	195.224.166.130

; ip allocation from GX Networks 195.224.166.129 -> 195.224.166.192
gate		IN  A	195.224.166.129
ra		IN  A	195.224.166.130
rb		IN  A	195.224.166.131
rc		IN  A	195.224.166.132
phaser850dx	IN  A	195.224.166.133
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NOPE.  No "A" record for the base domain name.  Why should there be?
And why should you expect there to be, if you didn't put one in?

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> ra# more wgm.rev

waynegraham.com. IN SOA ra.waynegraham.com. root.ra.waynegraham.com. (
			200013091025 ; Serial
			10800 ; Refresh
			1800 ; Retry
			3600000 ; Expire
			259200 ) ; Minimum

	IN NS	ra.waynegraham.com.
	IN NS	rb.waynegraham.com.
	IN NS	cache1.dns.gxn.net.
	IN NS	auth1.dns.gxn.net

129	IN PTR	gate.waynegraham.com.
130	IN PTR	ra.waynegraham.com.
131	IN PTR	rb.waynegraham.com.
132	IN PTR	rc.waynegraham.com.
133	IN PTR	phaser850dx.waynegraham.com.

129	IN PTR	gate.wgm.co.uk.
130	IN PTR	ra.wgm.co.uk.
131	IN PTR	rb.wgm.co.uk.
132	IN PTR	rc.wgm.co.uk.
133	IN PTR	phaser850dx.wgm.co.uk.
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I suppose that it is now obvious, which it was not before, that you
have two PTR records for each IP address.  This does nothing.  I know
of no program that looks at more than one.  Pick one and stick with it.

> --
> jeremy.laws at waynegraham.com
> please cc the above in any reply to the group. Thanks.

-- 
Joe Yao				jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
COSPO/OSIS Computer Support					EMT-B
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