General DNS - How to have everything on one box (webserver,ns,smtp,pop,etc).

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9i3pln$d0 at pub3.rc.vix.com>, Rob Chesser <rchesser at kc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>I have some domain names and I would like to start hosting my own dns.
> I have read the RH Howto, and I have the new DNS and BIND book.  I
>think I am getting pretty close to understanding some of the basics. 
>My problem is that I am having a hard time finding an example that is
>close enough to my situation to clarify a few points for me.
>
>My problem is that I have basically two machines to work with. The
>first is for web, dns, smtp, etc.  The second I plan to use only as
>secondary dns.  What I don't understand is where do I specify
>mydomain.com?  I want to have mydomain.com, www.mydomain.com,
>ns1.mydomain.com, mail.mydomain.com, and I want to have them all point
>to the same machine.  Do I simply create A records for each and just
>use the same IP?

Yes.

DNS is like a phone directory.  If you have several people sharing a house,
they can each have a listing in the phone book with the same phone number.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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