Also suggested readings are Name based and IP based Web hosting along with HTTP 1.1. 

Anu

On Mon, 12 February 2001, Ben Weaver wrote:

> 
> I'm a little bit confused about what you're trying to do, but here's what I think...
> 
> You have registered mycompany.com
> You want to host the DNS for mycompany.com on your server
> You want to be able to add/modify names within the mycompany.com name space.
> 
> All you need to do is install BIND on your Unix based server.  Visit http://www.isc.org for more information about obtaining the BIND software.
> 
> Once BIND is installed and running, make sure that you have made your Unix based server the primary name server in the domain record (this is done at your registrar).
> 
> Create a master zone file for mycompany.com on your server and make the appropriate entry into the named.conf file.  Then restart BIND.
> 
> There's a difference between "sub-domains" and simple hostnames.  As you have said that you're new to DNS, I'd suggest picking up a copy of the book _DNS and BIND_ by O'Reilly.  You can order this book from http://www.oreilly.com.  You can also read the ARM documentation that comes with the BIND software, although this is designed to teach someone familiar with the concept of the DNS how to use BIND specifically, rather than an introductory tutorial on the DNS.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> -Ben
> 
> ###On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 05:17:39PM +0530, Rashmin wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am quite new in the area of DNS and I wish to know how to update the database of a DNS server programmatically. 
> > What I wish to do is, add/delete sub-domains to the DNS database as needed, using a program placed on server, so that any user can access those sub-domains through any web browsers. 
> > 
> > For e.g. suppose that I have a domain name of 'mycompany.com'
> > Then I should be able to create a sub-domain name such as 'news.mycompany.com' on our DNS server, so that a web user can access  news.mycompany.com by entering the string in a web browser.
> > 
> > The DNS server will be our own standard Unix based server and not one provided by the ISP. The OS is Unix and the programming language C/C++.
> > I will highly appreciate any help in this regard. I tried to search the net for data on this, but was unsuccessful. 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Rashmin
> > 
> > 
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