|
Posted by tkroll on May 2, 2006, 6:07 am
Please log in for more thread options
Hello,
I'd think this would be easy, but I'm not getting it today.
My friend owns a domain. I want to host it for him on my Plesk 7.5R
server. I added the domain to Plesk. It gives me a nameserver URI of
ns.mydomain.com. I told my friend to point the domain to that
nameserver. Doesn't work.
What am I missing.
Thanks
PS: I'm a coder that a sysadmin, so forgive my ignornace.
|
|
Posted by Lee on May 2, 2006, 8:52 am
Please log in for more thread options
show/hide quoted text
> Hello,
> I'd think this would be easy, but I'm not getting it today.
> My friend owns a domain. I want to host it for him on my Plesk 7.5R
> server. I added the domain to Plesk. It gives me a nameserver URI of
> ns.mydomain.com. I told my friend to point the domain to that
> nameserver. Doesn't work.
> What am I missing.
> Thanks
> PS: I'm a coder that a sysadmin, so forgive my ignornace.
What does not work? Have you checked the DNS config by using
http://www.dnsreport.com/
show/hide quoted text
>
|
|
Posted by tkroll on May 2, 2006, 2:18 pm
Please log in for more thread options Yes, no record. I've forgotten all my networking obviously.
Here is what the panel in Plesk shows:
mydomainname.com. -- NS -- ns.mydomainname.com.
mail.mydomainname.com. -- A -- 123.123.123.123
ns.mydomainname.com. -- A -- 123.123.123.123
mydomainname.com. -- A -- 123.123.123.123
webmail.mydomainname.com. -- A -- 123.123.123.123
ftp.mydomainname.com. -- CNAME -- mydomainname.com.
www.mydomainname.com. -- CNAME -- mydomainname.com.
mydomainname.com. -- MX -- (10) mail.mydomainname.com.
123.123.123.123 / 24 -- PTR -- mydomainname.com.
Question: If the domain is not associated with a nameserver, how could
it be possible to set it to point at a nameserver with the domain in
the URI?
Also, how do I tell if Plesk is running its own DNS?
Thanks. The more I ask, the more I realize I'm missing the basics!
|
|
Posted by Jerry Stuckle on May 2, 2006, 8:35 pm
Please log in for more thread options tkroll@gmail.com wrote:
show/hide quoted text
> Yes, no record. I've forgotten all my networking obviously.
>
> Here is what the panel in Plesk shows:
>
> mydomainname.com. -- NS -- ns.mydomainname.com.
> mail.mydomainname.com. -- A -- 123.123.123.123
> ns.mydomainname.com. -- A -- 123.123.123.123
> mydomainname.com. -- A -- 123.123.123.123
> webmail.mydomainname.com. -- A -- 123.123.123.123
> ftp.mydomainname.com. -- CNAME -- mydomainname.com.
> www.mydomainname.com. -- CNAME -- mydomainname.com.
> mydomainname.com. -- MX -- (10) mail.mydomainname.com.
> 123.123.123.123 / 24 -- PTR -- mydomainname.com.
>
> Question: If the domain is not associated with a nameserver, how could
> it be possible to set it to point at a nameserver with the domain in
> the URI?
>
> Also, how do I tell if Plesk is running its own DNS?
>
> Thanks. The more I ask, the more I realize I'm missing the basics!
>
The answer is - you can't. However, you can have the domain point to an IP
address for a single machine by modifying that machine's 'hosts' file.
Sounds like he didn't update his domain record like you told him to. It isn't
by any chance one of those "free" domains, is it? Who's the registrar?
--
==================
Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstucklex@attglobal.net
==================
|
|
Posted by Lee on May 3, 2006, 6:05 am
Please log in for more thread options
show/hide quoted text
> Yes, no record. I've forgotten all my networking obviously.
> Here is what the panel in Plesk shows:
> mydomainname.com. -- NS -- ns.mydomainname.com.
> mail.mydomainname.com. -- A -- 123.123.123.123
> ns.mydomainname.com. -- A -- 123.123.123.123
> mydomainname.com. -- A -- 123.123.123.123
> webmail.mydomainname.com. -- A -- 123.123.123.123
> ftp.mydomainname.com. -- CNAME -- mydomainname.com.
> www.mydomainname.com. -- CNAME -- mydomainname.com.
> mydomainname.com. -- MX -- (10) mail.mydomainname.com.
> 123.123.123.123 / 24 -- PTR -- mydomainname.com.
> Question: If the domain is not associated with a nameserver, how could
> it be possible to set it to point at a nameserver with the domain in
> the URI?
Your client needs to access his registrars admin area for the domain. This
is where he/she can tell the root servers which name servers [yours] manage
the DNS for his domain. Your plesk DNS records are useless if he/she does
not do this essential step.
show/hide quoted text
> Also, how do I tell if Plesk is running its own DNS?
You can tell 'dig' or 'nslookup' [on the command line] what server to
request DNS information from. This is how I test a DNS server is working
correctly before changing the root servers [as outlined above]
show/hide quoted text
> Thanks. The more I ask, the more I realize I'm missing the basics!
No prob. HTH.
|
| Similar Threads | Posted | | Plesk DNS Set Up | May 8, 2006, 12:58 pm |
| setting up dns in plesk | October 14, 2005, 3:03 pm |
| My cgi-bin not working I am using Plesk 7.5.4 | December 2, 2005, 6:23 pm |
| Installing cgiemail on Plesk 7.5.3 | August 26, 2005, 4:54 am |
| Location of backups Plesk backup utility. | August 24, 2006, 9:29 pm |
| Port 443 redirecting me to Plesk Admin console page | October 16, 2005, 11:58 pm |
| Configure WebMail Component using Plesk on Windows Server | June 7, 2007, 11:34 am |
| hosting without a domain | May 21, 2005, 9:10 pm |
| Which comes first: the domain or the web hosting? | October 14, 2005, 11:44 am |
| hosting USA or Uk for co.uk domain | December 20, 2005, 3:53 pm |
|
XML Sitemap
> I'd think this would be easy, but I'm not getting it today.
> My friend owns a domain. I want to host it for him on my Plesk 7.5R
> server. I added the domain to Plesk. It gives me a nameserver URI of
> ns.mydomain.com. I told my friend to point the domain to that
> nameserver. Doesn't work.
> What am I missing.
> Thanks
> PS: I'm a coder that a sysadmin, so forgive my ignornace.