Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2271 mails)

[Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 24 April 2004 06.43, Ian Harrell wrote:
> My question to the list, since my ISP "doesn't offer support for linux
> servers" and try to hang up extremely fast right after they ask which OS
> I am using, is do I need to do anything in the way of running a
> nameserver on my Comp1 to update my ISP's nameserver so that they will
> point to me or should this be something that my ISP is supposed to do?

If you registered it with your ISP, then they need to provide you with a way 
to point the domain to your machine. Didn't they provide you with any 
documentation at all for the service? Some web page where you can administer 
your domain?

>
> If I am supposed to be running the nameserver on my end, can someone
> please point me to a guide or something that is fairly simple and
> straightforward on setting one up?

If you have a fixed IP address then you can run your own dns server, but you 
really only need it if you want to run subdomains (http://foo.mynewserver.com 
http://bar.mynewserver.com). I'm guessing you can do everything you need 
through your ISP.