From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 27 00:36:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0423316A418 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:36:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from walter.jansen@inter.nl.net) Received: from smtp20.nijmegen.internl.net (smtp20.nijmegen.internl.net [217.149.192.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4B4913C469 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:36:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from walter.jansen@inter.nl.net) Received: from 680nr0j (228-209.bbned.dsl.internl.net [217.149.209.228]) by smtp20.nijmegen.internl.net (8.13.8/2.04) with ESMTP id m0R0a62x012060 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:36:06 +0100 (CET) From: "Walter Jansen" To: Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:36:11 +0100 Message-ID: <000401c8607c$9dad4a50$0a01a8c0@680nr0j> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6822 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Importance: Normal Thread-Index: AchgfJ1ZOJnsl2hmSIefYJw5Loc0pA== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: redundancy in domain or hostname ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:36:09 -0000 The router connected to my server reports DNS inquiries like "myserver.example.com.example.com" which obviously leads nowhere =20 The server is in a SOHO situation connected to a router which is = connected to DSL; the server runs 6.3 Release and will serve as mailserver for the = few in-house employees and as a webserver. The domain "example.com" is registered with Dyndns.org who also run the "Custom DNS service". The = DNS entries were checked with Dyndns.org staff and found in accordance with = the purpose. =20 During installation of the server, the hostname "myserver.example.com" = and the domain name "example.com" were entered in the appropiate Sysinstall dialog .=20 /etc/hosts shows: =20 ::1 localhost.example.com localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost.example.com localhost 192.168.1.13 myserver.example.com myserver 192.168.1.13 myserver.example.com. =20 192.168.1.13 is allocated to the server by the DHCP of the router; this = IP address is fixed though!! =20 =20 Table /etc/resolv.com reads: =20 domain example.com nameserver 192.168.1.1 (my router's IP address =20 =20 I postponed installation of Postfix and Apache as I feel that host- and domainname should be configured correctly to prevent accumulating = trouble. =20 Remarks a most appreciated. =20 -- Walter --=20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20