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Mekk
Joined: 15 Jul 2008
Posts: 12
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject: Reverse DNS |
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| What should I do to have linode reverse-DNS my IP to my domain name (instead of lXXX-YYY.members.linode.com)? |
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robg
Joined: 06 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Change it in the settings.
https://www.linode.com/members/linode/rdns.cfm |
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Mekk
Joined: 15 Jul 2008
Posts: 12
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Ups, I am blind. Went through all the top-level tabs, missed those below... |
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totalsuper
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
Posts: 6
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:22 am Post subject: still hasn't taken effect |
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I did this myself over an hour ago, and it still hasn't taken effect. I thought it was supposed to be effective after 15 minutes. Doing a tracert of itself directly from the linode box (a 1 hop trace, in other words), reveals the rDNS has not updated.
Why isn't this working? |
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Dave
Joined: 18 Jul 2008
Posts: 3
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:39 am Post subject: |
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| rDNS changes take time to propogate, just like regular DNS. Give it 24-48 hours, and it should be working as you would expect. |
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SteveG
Joined: 30 Nov 2003
Posts: 212
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:59 am Post subject: |
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A traceroute on the box itself is probably doing lookups from your local DNS
cache (if you have one), or from some other server that hasn't updated yet, as Dave mentioned. You can test the Linode DNS server directly with dig; for example:
Code:
dig @ns1.linode.com -x 1.2.3.4
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totalsuper
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
Posts: 6
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: anticipation is making me wait |
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| Waiting for the net to catch up with configuration changes is annoying at best. Reminds me of the old B.C. cartoons where the guy throws a writing tablet in the water and waits overnight for a response. |
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SteveG
Joined: 30 Nov 2003
Posts: 212
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| You young people have no idea. Back in my day, it did take days to get an email response from many places...but did we complain? Well, yes, but it didn't help. Now, get off my lawn. |
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bstadil
Joined: 14 Jul 2008
Posts: 5
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: Link has changed |
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robg wrote: Change it in the settings.
https://www.linode.com/members/linode/rdns.cfm
Looks like the link doesn't work now. I checked it a few day ago thinking I would do this later. Now when I got around to it the link seems broken |
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totalsuper
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
Posts: 6
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:31 am Post subject: |
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| Login to the linode manager first, then click the link. |
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bstadil
Joined: 14 Jul 2008
Posts: 5
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:01 am Post subject: |
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totalsuper wrote: Login to the linode manager first, then click the link.
I was logged in. Anyway I logged in again and no luck. I still only get the standard Linode manager page. |
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totalsuper
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
Posts: 6
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:47 am Post subject: I just tried this and it worked... |
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First, click here:
https://www.linode.com/members/main.cfm
Login, if you aren't already.
Then, click your linode account link on this page:
https://www.linode.com/members/linode/
When your disk image/configurations page opens, click here:
https://www.linode.com/members/linode/network.cfm
Finally, click here:
https://www.linode.com/members/linode/rdns.cfm
BTW, I set my rDNS to my IP and after waiting for propagation, it had the intended effect of alleviating my email receiving problems from hotmail and yahoo accounts. No more bounces! :D |
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bstadil
Joined: 14 Jul 2008
Posts: 5
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:36 am Post subject: Re: I just tried this and it worked... |
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totalsuper wrote: First, click here:
https://www.linode.com/members/main.cfm
Login, if you aren't already.
Then, click your linode account link on this page:
https://www.linode.com/members/linode/
When your disk image/configurations page opens, click here:
https://www.linode.com/members/linode/network.cfm
Finally, click here:
https://www.linode.com/members/linode/rdns.cfm
BTW, I set my rDNS to my IP and after waiting for propagation, it had the intended effect of alleviating my email receiving problems from hotmail and yahoo accounts. No more bounces! :D
Worked. Thanks for your patience. Not sure how I missed it, but again thanks |
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