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August 2nd, 2004, 9:21 PM
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Need DNS guru!
Hello, good people.
I'm getting very frustrated getting a subdomain to work on my add-on domain. I am using my own DNS (xname.org) to control the domain light.is. (don't ask why, it is just the way it is  ). Config file from xname.org: http://light.is/ns.txt As you see, I am trying to let jonr.light.is point to the server. So far I am only getting the "There is no website configured at this address" page. light.is is working, but not www.light.is for some reason. light.is is already set up as a subdomain of my main account domain, light.is.4-3system.com. And jonr.light.is is also set up under the subdomain panel in cPanel. Could anybody give me hints regarding what I could be doing wrong? Do I need to add something in xname.org configuration and/or in cPanel? I am really going nuts over this!  J. |
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August 2nd, 2004, 11:58 PM
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You've made some mistakes setting up your zone file.
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Again, add a dot at the end, and get rid of the .light.is in the record name. So, these didn't resolve in the first place. If you get that cPanel error, it's cause it doesn't know that it should host something there. Add it as a subdomain. So in conclusion, the last 2 lines of your zone record should look like this: Code:
www IN CNAME light.is. jonr IN CNAME light.is.
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August 3rd, 2004, 12:53 AM
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I think syberdave nailed that one. You have to specify the record constructs properly or you end up looping the dns server, or just sending people to blackholes...
Before fiddling with DNS records and zones, you really ought to google a basic DNS tutorial....
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