Sub Domains Legitmacy

Michael E. Hanson MEHanson at GryphonsGate.com
Tue Nov 12 23:29:41 UTC 2002


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com>
To: <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: Sub Domains Legitmacy


>
> Chris wrote:
>
> > I Have serverl sub domains off my main domain, example:
> > sub.mydomain.com
> >
> > I need to ftp to these sites so I configure the zone file for ftp as
follows:
> >
> > ftp.sub       IN A  1.2.3.4
> >
> > so when I ftp i use  http://ftp.sub.mydomin.com
> > I get a message saying "cannot locate server, yet I can ping
> > ftp.sub.mydoamin.com I am lost....Can anyone add any insight to this
> > questions.. I do appreciate it..
>
> If it works for ping, it would appear that DNS is functioning correctly.
>
> Could the web server be redirecting you to a URL you can't resolve?
>
> Are you using a web proxy? Is the proxy able to resolve
ftp.sub.mydomain.com?
>
>
> - Kevin
>
Also, does that server r actually have a WEB server on it, or just an FTP
server?  If its only FTP, try using
ftp://ftp.sub.mydomain.com instead of the http://.... URL.
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