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From: kavli@ludd.luth.se (Ronny H. Kavli)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: domain name server?
Date: 7 Sep 1995 04:28:02 GMT
Organization: Lulea University Computer Society - Ludd
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MICHAEL (michael@gnj.or.jp) wrote:
: Our primary domain name server is being handled by our Internet 
: provider, and will be until I can figure out how to do it myself. How do 
: I set the IP address for our domain name server machine?
The authority for your domain has to be delegated to you by your current
provider or alternatively _their_ higher NS.

But before you do this, you should know how DNS works, and how you 
maintain a DNS.

An introduction to the subject can be found at:
  URL: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~kavli/BIND-FAQ.html

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Regards,
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Ronny H. Kavli                      This message was composed by 10,000 monkeys
kavli@ludd.luth.se                  keying on 10,000 computers.  It was then
Lulea Academic Computer Soc.(Ludd)  merged using COBOL.  This was of course
Lulea University, Sweden            all done under a government contract.