newbie need help to confrigure own DNS

J.Bakshi joydeep at infoservices.in
Fri Apr 27 08:57:03 UTC 2007


Dave Henderson wrote:
> */"J.Bakshi" <joydeep at infoservices.in>/* wrote:
>
>     Dave Henderson wrote:
>     > If you make a change to the records that the bind you installed,
>     does
>     > it get popuplated to dnsstuff.com or an nslookup? What distro
>     are you
>     > using?
>
>     no it is not het populated. I'm using bind9.3 with suse 9.2. should I
>     buy dns name .
>     thanks.
>     >
>     > Dave
>     >
>     >
>     > */"J.Bakshi" /* wrote:
>     >
>     > Dear list,
>     >
>     > I have hired a linux root server from hosteurope.de. The
>     "domainname"
>     > command shows
>     > dedicated.hosteurope.de. Now I have check the domain with
>     dnsstuff.com
>     > and found there is no MX record for
>     > dedicated.hosteurope.de. I have no access to
>     > dedicated.hosteurope.de. I
>     > just have a root server. So how can I get my own MX record for
>     > dedicated.hosteurope.de ?
>     >
>     > please note I have installed both bind and webmin , so is it not
>     > possible to maintain my own DNS there ?
>     > please guide me. thanks
>     >
>     >
>     >
>
>
> If you do not have a domain name to control (ie the root servers point
> to the bind server you are configuring), then bind running on that
> server will not do anything.  Say for example you are interested in
> abc.com.  You will need to purchase that domain and in the registrar's
> control panel, you will need to point that domains dns servers to your
> bind server (that takes 1-3 days).  Let me know when you have that
> going and I will help you further.
>
> Dave
>
Dear Dave,
now I have a domain called which is pointed to my remote root server. So
now What can I do with bind and webmin to utilise the domain ?
please note the domain I have given doesn't have any Mx record.



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