Re: new strangeness

[John Peacock <jpeacock@rowman.com>]

The Almighty Pegasus Epsilon wrote:
> .16.172.in-addr.arpa:172.16.0.4:dns1.my.net:::in
> .my.net:172.16.0.4:dns1.my.net:::in

To quote the applicable section of this page:

        http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/tinydns-data.html

>      .fqdn:ip:x:ttl:timestamp:lo
> 
> Name server for our domain fqdn. tinydns-data creates
> 
>     * an NS (``name server'') record showing x.ns.fqdn as a name server for 
> fqdn;
>     * an A (``address'') record showing ip as the IP address of x.ns.fqdn; and
>     * an SOA (``start of authority'') record for fqdn listing x.ns.fqdn as 
> the primary name server and hostmaster@fqdn as the contact address. 

You are creating two A records for dns1.my.net: one on each of those two lines
(same for the other NS server).  Only mention the IP address on one line and the
name on both and you will only get one A record, as you would expect.

HTH

John

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