Multiple PTRs for one IP

[Joseph S D Yao]

> I'm using a RedHat 6.0 (Kernel 2.2.5) system...
> My 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. file contains several PTRs pointing to
> several hostnames.
> (e.g.         1            PTR    mail.domain
>                   1            PTR    ftp.domain
>                   1            PTR    ns.domain
>                   1            PTR    www.domain
>                     etc...")
> My /etc/resolv.conf file has a nameserver 192.168.0.1 line.
> When starting nslookup, it starts with a default server of ftp.domain
> instead of ns.domain that I wanted... (They are the same IP :)
> When doing a ls -d 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa, somthing like this is
> displayed
> 
> .....
> ......
> 1            1D IN PTR            ftp.domain.
>               1D IN PTR            www.domain.
>               1D IN PTR            mail.domain.
> etc........
> 
> the ftp.domain. is displayed first, which I guess would explain why the
> Default Server when using nslookup is ftp.domain.
> 
> I know this is purely a cosmetic issue, but is there any way to change
> the order of the ls -d 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. or somehow set the
> default server to use ns.domain instead of ftp.domain?

Comment out all but the one you WANT used.  They serve no purpose other
than visual reminders, and comments do that just as well.

; Eh?

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