From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 17 18:12:33 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 C0EEE106568A for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:12:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7987F8FC14 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:12:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mBHID006099282 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:13:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:12:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:12:22 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081217181221.GB34943@thought.org> References: <20081216234235.GA4593@thought.org> <104079537551833802407591023971219248307-Webmail@me.com> <4E4E9B506F504C4BB0C1713423F970CF@hermes> <20081217051959.GD11226@thought.org> <20081217053321.GA569@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081217053321.GA569@ayn.mi.celestial.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Subject: Re: looking for a secondary. 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: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:12:33 -0000 On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 09:33:21PM -0800, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008, Gary Kline wrote: > >On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 09:20:59PM -0500, Matt Emmerton wrote: > >> >On Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at 02:42PM, "Gary Kline" > > > > well, i've certainly asked more ignorant q's, so hrer goes: > > what is a ``zone''? i do my own dns and have since 04/2001. > > > > thought.org is my one domain, altho i've got several virtual > > websites. > > > > a number of people have offered to be my secondary, something that > > warms me to the core. this happened once before--i needed a secondary > > and had to scramble. like to take care of it before something > > else happened! --i'm rambling, sorry. > > > > again, a Zone is? > > A zone file has all DNS records related to a domain. Well, then I've got one zone. (Just _thinking_ about what Cricket Liu wrote about creating different levels [in BIND AND DNS] gave me the creeps, so I skipped that.) Following the Keep It Simple Sir philosophy does have its payoffs. gary > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.17a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php