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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!seagoon.newcastle.edu.au!brushtail.hna.com.au!mjm From: mjm@SPAMMERS.hna.BUGGER.com.OFF.au (Matt McLeod) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD Admin Questions Date: 16 Jul 1997 06:47:26 GMT Organization: Hunter Network Association, Australia Lines: 27 Message-ID: <slrn5sorju.uqi.mjm@praetor.hna.com.au> References: <alex-1407971739000001@192.168.1.3> <5qg3h4$7n7@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: praetor.hna.com.au X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.8.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44515 On 15 Jul 1997 15:04:04 GMT, J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote: :alex@WebIS.net (Alex Kac) wrote: : :> 3) Using named, how do I quickly add a new domain name? thanks. : :By getting ``DNS and BIND'' from O'Reilly. : :Sorry, correctly administering a name server is nothing that can be :taught by a 20-line posting in Usenet. Either you can figure it out :from the man page (which _is_ possible), or really better read a book :first in order to understand how DNS works. There are too many :possible mistakes with too much possible harm that can be done :(assuming you're going to setup a DNS zone that is really connected to :the Internet). : :I see you're using a .net account, so according to the Internet rules, :you're probably a provider. Then, understanding DNS is something you :need to learn anyway. For a quick overview, I found the Linux DNS-HOWTO quite useful. But definately get the book if you're going to do anything more serious tha fool around on a LAN. -- Matt McLeod, <mjm(at)hna.com.au> "Please try to understand before one of us dies".