Re: DNS is up!

[Jake Morrison <jake_morrison@example.com>]

Jc,

--- Jean-Christian Imbeault <jean_christian@example.com> wrote:
> Ok! I have my DNS server up and running and doing most of what I want
> it. Still not jumping through flaming hoops yet but doning well
enough
> ^_^
> 
> A few more questions:
> 
> 1- I was thinking of having all the internal LAN clients point to the
> 
> internal DNS server I just set up. However I realized that if my
> server goes down my users will be in trouble. Is having my 
> users use my local DNS server as primary and my ISP's DNS 
> server as secondary an acceptable solution?

Yes.

> 
> 2- The machine with my DNS server is intranet
> (intranet.intranet.hmv.co.jp). 
> How do I enter a record in the database so that people can access the
> machine by using only intranet.hmv.co.jp? I've tried changing the
> Address record from
> 
> intranet.intranet.hmv.co.jp. IN A 10.2.100.72
> 
> to
> 
> intranet.hmv.co.jp. IN A 10.2.100.72

You would need to put the host in the zone files for the
hmv.co.jp domain. 

It is pretty confusing having the same name for the host and
the domain. You might want to consider using a different
subnet name, considering how things might need to be divided
in the future as the company grows. And making it shorter, e.g.
"int" would save some typing, in the fine Unix tradition :-)

> 
> Or adding an alias record, but that didn't help ...
> 
> 3- I am able to access the machine on which my local DNS server is
> installed just by typing the machine's name (i.e. intranet) 
> instead of the FQDN. But for another machine that I have entered 
> into my database files I can only access it with the FQDN 
> and not just by machine name. But from the DNS 
> server an nslookup on the short name works fine.

This is a client setup issue. You need to define the set of
default domains to try. On Unix, this would mean adding something
like "search intranet.hmv.co.jp hmv.co.jp" to /etc/resolv.conf.

For Windows machines, there is a similar option in the DNS setup.
I think that if the domain of the current host is specified in
the client, it will also be searched if only the name is given.

> 
> I've tried fiddling with the files but to no avail. Can anyone tell
> me what I need to change?
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Jc
> 

Jake

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