From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 20 19:01:01 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC54C16A563 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:01:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C32143D31 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:01:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bignose@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 70so25466wra for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:00:59 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=oA51tS2963kB6N4A6WdFJhLrqIritTvE2tvOokkPLH5Qnwq6NAmwjGab94hDWL1FXPPmCI+mjwKAHWSp6RbReuTw8BqtUqI3olLBVsWb1MBjbPDgLINQxYVqIKVnXmJQoMkjivKvjpQqGYIRKcGxdblM08V8EiBiGPwWpifZZMI= Received: by 10.54.31.64 with SMTP id e64mr210475wre; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:00:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.35.24 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:00:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:00:59 -0400 From: Jeff MacDonald To: Dick Davies In-Reply-To: <20050120131400.GL6382@lb.tenfour> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20050120131400.GL6382@lb.tenfour> cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: dns question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jeff MacDonald List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:01:02 -0000 I think it depends upon the registrar. Of the 200 domains, they are probably registered across 2 or 3 registrars. Some ask for just the host name, while others ask for both hostname and IP. Jeff. On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:14:01 +0000, Dick Davies wrote: > * Jeff MacDonald [0157 12:57]: > > Not really a freebsdquestion specifically. > > > > My company uses > > ns.foo.com and ns1.foo.com for primay/secondary dns, about 200 > > domains rely on these. > > > > We want a new physical machine , in a different location, with a > > different IP to be our secondary dns. lets call it www.jerky.com ip = > > 244.233.222.211 imaginary.. > > > Can I just make ns1.foo.com point to the new ip address, and update > > the registrar with the new ip for ns1.foo.com, and here's the kicker > > > > _ NOT have to worry about changing the secondary dns info for all 200 > > other domains _ > > Is the second NS server listed in the domain by hostname? > If so, you'll be alright. > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- > 'When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.' > -- Winston Churchill, On formal declarations of war > Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns > -- Jeff MacDonald http://www.halifaxbudolife.ca