Zone Template

Sten Carlsen ccc2716 at vip.cybercity.dk
Sat Oct 7 18:10:32 UTC 2006


Doesn't work on 9.21, I just get "hostmaster."  in an soa query from dig.

I know 9.21 is ancient (the whole system is waiting to be replaced) but
has this changed since then? If so, about when.

Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <eg8mqf$1rcu$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
>  Sten Carlsen <ccc2716 at vip.cybercity.dk> wrote:
>
>   
>> You would still have to change the mail address in the SOA. That is much
>> easier of course; I assume that @ can not be used there?
>>     
>
> But a relative name can.  If it's always root@<domain> or 
> hostmaster@<domain>, you can just put "root" or "hostmaster" there.
>
>   
>> Barry Margolin wrote:
>>     
>>> In article <eg763f$2mfn$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
>>>  "Josh Hyles" <josh.maillists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> I am running a windows BIND server and am trying to figure out what
>>>> the best template would be for creating new sites. I currently use the
>>>> following...
>>>>
>>>> $ORIGIN .
>>>> $TTL 86400	; 1 day
>>>> domain_hosted.com		IN SOA	NS1.domain.com. root.domain_hosted.com. (
>>>> 				2006053001 ; serial
>>>> 				3600       ; refresh (1 hour)
>>>> 				7200       ; retry (2 hours)
>>>> 				604800     ; expire (1 week)
>>>> 				43200      ; minimum (12 hours)
>>>> 				)
>>>> 			NS	NS1.domain.com.
>>>> 			NS	NS2.domain.com.
>>>> 			A	63.247.73.122
>>>> 			MX	5 mail.domain_hosted.com.
>>>> $ORIGIN domain_hosted.com.
>>>> ftp			A	123.456.789.012
>>>> mail			A	123.456.789.012
>>>> www			A	123.456.789.012
>>>>
>>>> All of the "domain_hosted" entries must be changed to the new domain
>>>> that I am hosting... is there any better to do this?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> I'd leave out all the $ORIGIN statements, and use relative names (or @) 
>>> for the zone name.  Then you don't have to change anything for the new 
>>> domain -- the origin defaults to the name from the 'zone' statement in 
>>> named.conf.
>>>
>>> $TTL 86400      ; 1 day
>>> @               IN SOA  NS1.domain.com. root.domain_hosted.com. (
>>>                                 2006053001 ; serial
>>>                                 3600       ; refresh (1 hour)
>>>                                 7200       ; retry (2 hours)
>>>                                 604800     ; expire (1 week)
>>>                                 43200      ; minimum (12 hours)
>>>                                 )
>>>                         NS      NS1.domain.com.
>>>                         NS      NS2.domain.com.
>>>                         A       63.247.73.122
>>>                         MX      5 mail
>>> ftp                     A       123.456.789.012
>>> mail                    A       123.456.789.012
>>> www                     A       123.456.789.012
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>
>   

-- 
Best regards

Sten Carlsen

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