RE: Port of Bind With NT4-Unknowns

Lawrence Watkins ( lwatkins@thepark.net )
Tue, 24 Jun 1997 09:44:26 -0500

I have been running NT4.0 DNS service for about 6mo with no problems
after the initial configuration was figured out. Did have to edit
registry to get it to work after reinstalling it. But DNS is all we use!
Lar

> ----------
> From: Danny Sinang[SMTP:sinang@skyinet.net]
> Reply To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 1997 4:22 AM
> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> Subject: Re: Port of Bind With NT4-Unknowns
>
> Howard,
>
> What do I think ? Hmmm, I would really love to make NT's DNS server
> work, but as it is, none of my tech friends know anything about it.
> They
> all know Unix. Whenever something goes wrong with NT's DNS server, no
> one
> can help me out.
>
> So, I haven't any choice left but to use BIND for NT since its
> configuration files are the same as Unix's.
>
> IamNet ? Are you a Christian too ?
>
> - Danny Sinang
>
> ----------
> > From: Howard A. Brooks <iam@iamnow.com>
> > To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> > Subject: Re: Port of Bind With NT4-Unknowns
> > Date: Tuesday, June 24, 1997 9:04 AM
> >
> > Danny:
> >
> > Thanks Danny for taking to time to respond. I appreciate that very
> much.
> > I'll take your advice and check one of my 4 UNIX books. I'm using NT
> now
> > (haven't launched yet) after working with BSDI for a few weeks. I
> > attempted to install and setup BIND but reloaded NT after getting
> > confused with that ZONEINFO file and the BOG. I figured the graphics
> > offered with NT would be a good place to go to school on DNS. Dial
> in
> > test now work and find things.
> >
> > I've heard that NT is not the best DNS and that BIND should be used,
> but
> > they both seem to be about the same basic stuff. What do you think?
> Is
> > this a thingy regarding ISP size or what? As far as I can tell NT is
> not
> > to be sniffed at like some folk do.
> >
> > Thanks again...Howard Brooks, IamNet, Inc.
> >
> > Danny Sinang wrote:
> >
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > People would usually recommend the book "DNS and BIND" by Paul
> Albitz.
> > > They
> > > say it's the authoritative book on this subject. I haven't got a
> copy
> > > yet,
> > > so I had to make do with my Linux book. There is a section there
> > > detailing
> > > how t set up the DNS server properly. I used to to configure my
> BIND
> > > NT.
> > >
> > > It didn't work at first because I didn't put
> > >
> > > myserver IN A 172.31.1.1 ( or whatever your IP
> address
> > > is )
> > >
> > > in the DB.ZONEINFO file.
> > >
> > > But after that, it worked already. You could and should also read
> the
> > > BOG.WRI file included with BIND NT.
> > >
> > > - Danny Sinang
> > >
> > > ----------
> > > > From: Howard A. Brooks <iam@iamnow.com>
> > > > To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> > > > Subject: Port of Bind With NT4-Unknowns
> > > > Date: Wednesday, June 18, 1997 5:16 AM
> > > >
> > > > Hi Group...
> > > >
> > > > I can authenticate and log on OK. But the Port of BIND is NG.
> Those
> > > > script files have got me pulling my nice white hair out? Can
> anyone
> > > > recommend a good book, or can anyone attach some sample scripts.
> I
> > > > simply have two NT 4.0 Servers, Mail is on the second one. From
> my
> > > > third machine I can dial-in and authenticate, but Netscape only
> > > pulls
> > > > up the Web page via the numbers...not the machine name. DNS
> just is
> > > not
> > > > working!
> > > >
> > > > Any help or just point me in the right direction would be
> greatly
> > > > appreciated.
> > > >
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