Name Records Transfers Look Odd -> Using Webmin to administer Bin d 9.1

[Michael Kjorling]

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On Apr 29 2002 12:14 -0400, Brian Guild wrote:

> Guys,
>
> Below is my zone record for one of my domains, shoulder1.com.  As you can
> see, I have listed two name servers in the master zone because I was told
> this is good practice.  When using Webmin, for some reason it populates the
> first column of the NS record with the zone name, even when I leave that
> entry space blank.
>
> Now, when I set up my slave zone, all of the records transfer perfectly,
> except for the NS records.  On the slave DNS server, it receives
> "dns1.body1.com.shoulder.com" as primary name server, but it also lists
> "dns2.body1.com.shoulder1.com" as the secondary.  Seems as though it is
> reapplying the zone name to the end of the NS record.  There is no doubt it
> is doing this because it is reading it off of the primary.  I am concerned
> this will cause a problemHas anyone seen anything like this? Does anyone
> know how to get webmin to not insert the zone name prior to the NS record
> without having to manually edit the record file?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Brian
>
> $ttl 38400
> shoulder1.com.	IN	SOA	dns1.body1.com. domains.body1.com. (
> 			1019505347
> 			10800
> 			3600
> 			604800
> 			38400 )
> www.shoulder1.com.	IN	A	65.214.51.100
> shoulder1.com.	IN	NS	dns1.body1.com
> shoulder1.com.	IN	NS	dns2.body1.com
> shoulder1.com.	IN	MX	10 63.220.53.195

If this isn't in the FAQ, it should be... you have not fully qualified
the RHS of the NS records, so the origin ("shoulder1.com.") is
appended.


Michael Kjörling

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