On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 11:33:58AM -0500, Michael Zarozinski wrote:
I'm new at this Linux thing
this isnt really a "Linux" question ... it depends on who is hosting your DNS servers and if it's you, it largerly depends on what package you are using to run the DNS servers also, your DNS server probably only controls the forward lookup (i.e. the DNS -> IP step) ... you'll have to coordinate with whoever owns your IP space to get the reverse lookup (IP -> DNS step) to work
* Server 'P' is only used for hosting the games. It has the FQDN "AllinPlay.com"
AllinPlay.com. 86400 IN A 1.2.3.4 this would declare the name "AllinPlay.com" should resolve to the IP "1.2.3.4" and that DNS servers can cache the results for 24 hours (the number is specified as timeout in seconds)
* Server 'D' only has an IP (no FQDN). - I'd like 'D' to be accessable via a subdomain such as: devel.allinplay.com
devel.allinplay.com. 86400 IN A 1.2.3.5
- I'd like 'D' to handle all the mail for the allinplay.com domain. Users will get the mail from 'D' via a client such as Thunderbird
allinplay.com. 86400 IN MX 10 devel.allinplay.com. this says that all e-mail for the allinplay.com domain should be sent to the server devel.allinplay.com the 10 is a preference value ... useful if you have multiple servers for load balancing or fault tolerance tolerence
So my confustion comes in as to how to set the DNS/MX/A/AAA records. If anyone can shed some light on this I'd be very greatful!
you could use the 'dig' tool (which is normally packaged as "bind-tools" in distributions) to figure out what other people do for example: $ dig wlug.org .... ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;wlug.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: wlug.org. 259200 IN A 130.215.130.21 ... $ dig wlug.org MX ... ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;wlug.org. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: wlug.org. 259200 IN MX 10 smtp.wpi.edu. wlug.org. 259200 IN MX 20 mx.wpi.edu. ... -mike