Getting my server to report its name as ns0.servername.co.uk Fox1977 <foxj77[ at ]gmail.com> 5/10/2007 9:46:22 AM I have setup a name server for a couple of domains we host at our company. The name server works fine when i use the following domain mydomain.co.uk. I tried to give this to another company as we wanted to add our server as a third name server for the domain. The web company would not accept it as it wasn't in the usual format of ns0.domain.co.uk Is it just a case of changing the computer name to ns0.mydomain.co.uk The web address is already set up and points to the server as there is a wildcard dns entry on the domain to point to the server. I just want to make sure that the way the server reports its name is right. Thanks in advance John

Re: Getting my server to report its name as ns0.servername.co.uk "Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <admin[ at ]nospam.WFTX.US> 5/10/2007 10:47:22 AM Read inline please. In news:1178790382.238066.283890[ at ]p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com, Fox1977 <foxj77[ at ]gmail.com> typed: [Quoted Text] > I have setup a name server for a couple of domains we host at our > company. The name server works fine when I use the following domain > mydomain.co.uk. > > I tried to give this to another company as we wanted to add our server > as a third name server for the domain. The web company would not > accept it as it wasn't in the usual format of ns0.domain.co.uk I don't believe I've heard of a rule like this. You will need to make sure there is an A record in the proper domain for the name this server will answer to, and that name and IP be registered with your registrar and listed at the ccTLD (co.uk) servers as a name server. > > Is it just a case of changing the computer name to ns0.mydomain.co.uk "Just" a case of changing the computer name? There should be no need to rename a DNS server computer, you should be able to add the proper zones with A records SOA and NS records to make any DNS server answer to any name. > The web address is already set up and points to the server as there is > a wildcard dns entry on the domain to point to the server. I just > want to make sure that the way the server reports its name is right. I'm not sure a wildcard record will work for the Glue record, and I know that even though a lot of people use them, they usually end up causing more trouble than they are worth. -- Best regards, Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] Hope This Helps Send IM: http://www.icq.com/people/webmsg.php?to=296095728 =================================== When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue, to respond directly to me remove the nospam. from my email address. =================================== http://www.lonestaramerica.com/ http://support.wftx.us/ http://message.wftx.us/ =================================== Use Outlook Express?... Get OE_Quotefix: It will strip signature out and more http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ =================================== Keep a back up of your OE settings and folders with OEBackup: http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx ===================================