Zone Template

[Barry Margolin]

In article <eg8qth$2823$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Sten Carlsen <ccc2716 at vip.cybercity.dk> wrote:

> Doesn't work on 9.21, I just get "hostmaster."  in an soa query from dig.

Then you must have typed "hostmaster." rather than "hostmaster".  Any 
name without a trailing dot will have the origin appended, and this 
includes the fields in the SOA record.

> 
> I know 9.21 is ancient (the whole system is waiting to be replaced) but
> has this changed since then? If so, about when.
> 
> Barry Margolin wrote:
> > In article <eg8mqf$1rcu$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
> >  Sten Carlsen <ccc2716 at vip.cybercity.dk> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> You would still have to change the mail address in the SOA. That is much
> >> easier of course; I assume that @ can not be used there?
> >>     
> >
> > But a relative name can.  If it's always root@<domain> or 
> > hostmaster@<domain>, you can just put "root" or "hostmaster" there.
> >
> >   
> >> Barry Margolin wrote:
> >>     
> >>> In article <eg763f$2mfn$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
> >>>  "Josh Hyles" <josh.maillists at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> I am running a windows BIND server and am trying to figure out what
> >>>> the best template would be for creating new sites. I currently use the
> >>>> following...
> >>>>
> >>>> $ORIGIN .
> >>>> $TTL 86400	; 1 day
> >>>> domain_hosted.com		IN SOA	NS1.domain.com. root.domain_hosted.com. (
> >>>> 				2006053001 ; serial
> >>>> 				3600       ; refresh (1 hour)
> >>>> 				7200       ; retry (2 hours)
> >>>> 				604800     ; expire (1 week)
> >>>> 				43200      ; minimum (12 hours)
> >>>> 				)
> >>>> 			NS	NS1.domain.com.
> >>>> 			NS	NS2.domain.com.
> >>>> 			A	63.247.73.122
> >>>> 			MX	5 mail.domain_hosted.com.
> >>>> $ORIGIN domain_hosted.com.
> >>>> ftp			A	123.456.789.012
> >>>> mail			A	123.456.789.012
> >>>> www			A	123.456.789.012
> >>>>
> >>>> All of the "domain_hosted" entries must be changed to the new domain
> >>>> that I am hosting... is there any better to do this?
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> I'd leave out all the $ORIGIN statements, and use relative names (or @) 
> >>> for the zone name.  Then you don't have to change anything for the new 
> >>> domain -- the origin defaults to the name from the 'zone' statement in 
> >>> named.conf.
> >>>
> >>> $TTL 86400      ; 1 day
> >>> @               IN SOA  NS1.domain.com. root.domain_hosted.com. (
> >>>                                 2006053001 ; serial
> >>>                                 3600       ; refresh (1 hour)
> >>>                                 7200       ; retry (2 hours)
> >>>                                 604800     ; expire (1 week)
> >>>                                 43200      ; minimum (12 hours)
> >>>                                 )
> >>>                         NS      NS1.domain.com.
> >>>                         NS      NS2.domain.com.
> >>>                         A       63.247.73.122
> >>>                         MX      5 mail
> >>> ftp                     A       123.456.789.012
> >>> mail                    A       123.456.789.012
> >>> www                     A       123.456.789.012
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>       
> >
> >

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
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