nslookup *** No address (A) records available for waynegraham.com

[Jeremy Laws]

Thanks for your prompt reply, I've looked at the text below and can't see
any change to the files I have here am I missing something?


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jeremy.laws at waynegraham.com
please cc the above in any reply to the group. Thanks.
"Joseph S D Yao" <jsdy at cospo.osis.gov> wrote in message
news:20000914140445.H7880 at washington.cospo.osis.gov...
>
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 04:56:34PM +0100, Jeremy Laws wrote:
> > ra# nslookup
> > Default Server: ra.waynegraham.com
> > Address: 195.224.166.130
> > > waynegraham.com
> > Server: ra.waynegraham.com
> > Address: 195.224.166.130
> > *** No address (A) records available for waynegraham.com
> > > exit
>
> White space counts!  Immensely!!!
>
> Plus ... one need not always have an A record for the base domain name.
> I don't understand why everyone now feels this compelling need to have
> one.  But, I will see as I work thorugh the mess below, whether this is
> something that you had intended to have.  The version I saw in the mail
> had NO white space in the left column.  Of course ... if that were so
> in your file, then you would not be able to get 'named' to read it, eh?
>
> The following copies are formatted more nicely.  Who knows how MS
> Outlook will totally mangle it?  Commentary follows.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ra# more wgm.db
>
> waynegraham.com. IN SOA ra.waynegraham.com. root.ra.waynegraham.com. (
> 200013091024 ; Serial
> 10800 ; Refresh
> 1800 ; Retry
> 3600000 ; Expire
> 259200 ) ; Minimum
>
> IN  NS ra.waynegraham.com.
> IN  NS rb.waynegraham.com.
> IN  NS cache1.dns.gxn.net.
> IN  NS auth1.dns.gxn.net.
>
> IN  MX 10 ra.waynegraham.com.
> IN  MX 20 rb.waynegraham.com.
> IN  MX 30 dispatch.mail.gxn.net.
>
> localhost IN  A 127.0.0.0
>
> ; ip allocation from planet 194.152.94.65 -> 194.152.94.126
> ; Please note that if you edit this file you must also
> ; edit it in /var/named/wgm.rev
> www IN  A 195.224.166.130
> mail IN  A 195.224.166.130
>
> ; ip allocation from GX Networks 195.224.166.129 -> 195.224.166.192
> gate IN  A 195.224.166.129
> ra IN  A 195.224.166.130
> rb IN  A 195.224.166.131
> rc IN  A 195.224.166.132
> phaser850dx IN  A 195.224.166.133
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> NOPE.  No "A" record for the base domain name.  Why should there be?
> And why should you expect there to be, if you didn't put one in?
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ra# more wgm.rev
>
> waynegraham.com. IN SOA ra.waynegraham.com. root.ra.waynegraham.com. (
> 200013091025 ; Serial
> 10800 ; Refresh
> 1800 ; Retry
> 3600000 ; Expire
> 259200 ) ; Minimum
>
> IN NS ra.waynegraham.com.
> IN NS rb.waynegraham.com.
> IN NS cache1.dns.gxn.net.
> IN NS auth1.dns.gxn.net
>
> 129 IN PTR gate.waynegraham.com.
> 130 IN PTR ra.waynegraham.com.
> 131 IN PTR rb.waynegraham.com.
> 132 IN PTR rc.waynegraham.com.
> 133 IN PTR phaser850dx.waynegraham.com.
>
> 129 IN PTR gate.wgm.co.uk.
> 130 IN PTR ra.wgm.co.uk.
> 131 IN PTR rb.wgm.co.uk.
> 132 IN PTR rc.wgm.co.uk.
> 133 IN PTR phaser850dx.wgm.co.uk.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I suppose that it is now obvious, which it was not before, that you
> have two PTR records for each IP address.  This does nothing.  I know
> of no program that looks at more than one.  Pick one and stick with it.
>
> > --
> > jeremy.laws at waynegraham.com
> > please cc the above in any reply to the group. Thanks.
>
> --
> Joe Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
> COSPO/OSIS Computer Support EMT-B
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