Re: BIND -- can't register nameserver

On Oct 30, 6:26 am, David Schwartz <dav...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 29, 3:23 pm, Vwaju <l...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Unable to update nameservers:
Nameserver <jupiter.obliqueuniverse.org> doesn't exist at the
registry."

This means that you must register jupter.obligqueuniverse.org as a
nameserver in the registry before you can list it as a nameserver for
a domain. This is done to prevent loops and unresolvable dependencies.
Walk the pages and you should be able to find a screen to register a
nameserver inside the domain. You can then register it as the
nameserver for the domain.

Although domain management is done through the OpenSRS web interface,
OpenSRS disclaims all responsibility for any problems and questions.
You can't get a live person on the phone.  I consulted with tech
support at Lunarpages, where I was told:

1.  They could *not* tell me how to *register* my nameserver

There should be a page to register a nameserver inside a domain. Once
that's done, you should be able to register that nameserver as the
nameserver for that, or any, domain.

2.  I must be running a *dedicated* nameserver
3.  The nameserver's name must have the format: ns1.somedomaine

Nonsense. I don't know why they told you those things.

DS

Hi, David --

Yes, you are right.

There is link below the fold on the "Manage Nameservers" page that
says:

"If you want to create or modify a nameserver which is based on
obliqueuniverse.org click here."

I should have seen this (but it didn't help that 2 different tech
support guys at Lunarpages gave me the same bum steer).

Here is a follow-up question, which I'm hoping you can clarify for me:

Here are 2 advisories on the "Manage Nameservers" page:

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"24 - 48 hours after you submit a request for an additional name
server, it will be in the rotation for authoritative lookups..."

"The order of the nameservers is not relevant."
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

I have configured BIND to make the nameserver running on
jupiter.obliqueuniverse.org "type master" for obliqueuniverse.org, and
the primary zone file lists jupiter.obliqueuniverse.org as SOA. . I
don't have another host to run a slave server, so apparently I must
use one of my ISP's nameserver's as backup server. The above advisory
states that *all* the servers that I list are authoritative and are
used "in rotation". But it seems that this would require that my
ISP's nameserver (my backup) would have to be configured as slave for
my zone.

Is this correct?

Many thanks to you (and to you, Maxwell) for taking time to bring me
up to speed!

Best Regards,

Vwaju
New York City

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