After you start the DDNS Server Administrator program, you can create, modify, or view the configuration for a name server. This section describes the basic required steps for the primary tasks. For more information, see the DDNS Server Administrator program windows and notebooks. The primary tasks are:
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When you start the DDNS Server Administrator program, you will be prompted for a password. If you have forgotten the password or want to change it, use the TCP/IP Administrator Password program.
To configure a name server that has the DDNS Server Administrator program installed, click the DDNS Server Administrator icon to start the program and display the main window (the DDNS Server Administrator Window).
To configure a remote name server that has the TCP/IP login file installed:
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For information on setting up the TCP/IP login file, see the online guide DNS Administration.
If a boot file (NAMED.BT or NAMED.BOOT) exists in the NAMEDB subdirectory in the directory specified by the ETC environment variable on the server being configured, the boot file is opened when the DDNS Server Administrator program starts. If a boot file does not exist in that directory, the Domain Name Server Notebook will be displayed to enable you to create a new configuration.
If a boot file exists but is not in that directory, click File, Open on the menu bar of the DDNS Server Administrator Window.
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When the configuration is saved, the boot file will be saved in the NAMEDB subdirectory in the directory specified by the ETC environment variable. If the boot file read in contains a directory statement, the directory specified is incorporated into the path names for the appropriate files and the directory statement is removed. Any bogusns, check-names, include, limit, options, sortlist, stub, or xfrnets statements that are in the boot file when it is read in are written as is, without any validation, when the boot file is saved.
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Creating a new configuration will overwrite the configuration files for any existing configuration.To create a new configuration:
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You must configure a name server before you can configure anything else.
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You can now add items such as domains and hosts to the new configuration.
To open an existing configuration:
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If the boot file read in contains a directory statement, the directory specified is incorporated into the path names for the appropriate files and the directory statement is removed. Any bogusns, check-names, include, limit, options, sortlist, stub, or xfrnets statements that are in the boot file when it is read in are written as is, without any validation, when the boot file is saved.
The tasks for configuring name server properties are:
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For new configurations, you must identify the name server before you can configure anything else.
To identify the name server:
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To reopen the Domain Name Server Notebook if you closed it before identifying the name server, click File, New on the menu bar.
To modify the name server:
The tasks for configuring the name server as primary for a domain are:
To add a primary dynamic domain:
To add a primary static domain:
To modify a primary domain:
To remove a primary domain:
The tasks for configuring the name server as secondary for a domain are:
To add a secondary domain:
To modify a secondary domain:
To remove a secondary domain:
The tasks for configuring hosts in a primary domain are:
To add one or more static hosts:
To modify a host:
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You cannot change the host and domain names.
To remove a host:
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When you delete a dynamic host, the host becomes a reserved name because the SIG resource records cannot be deleted by the DDNS Server Administrator program.
The tasks for configuring an alias host in a primary domain are:
To add a static alias (an alias for a static host):
To modify an alias:
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You cannot change the alias and domain names.
To remove an alias:
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When you delete a dynamic alias, the alias becomes a reserved name because the SIG resource records cannot be deleted by the DDNS Server Administrator program.
The tasks for configuring a reverse mapping for a host (a reverse host) are:
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Although you can add a reverse mapping for a host (a reverse host), the DDNS Server Administrator program does it automatically by default whenever you add a host to a domain created with the DDNS Server Administrator program. The default is set in the Primary Domain Notebook, on the Domain Options tab, by the Automatically Create Reverse Mappings for Statically Defined Hosts in This Domain check box.
To add a static reverse mapping for a host:
To modify a reverse mapping for a host:
To remove a reverse mapping for a host:
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When you delete a dynamic reverse host, the reverse host becomes a reserved name because the SIG resource records cannot be deleted by the DDNS Server Administrator program.
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Each host for which a key is created will be shown in the DDNS Server Administrator program as a reserved name.
To generate keys for hosts in a presecured dynamic domain:
The tasks for converting reserved names are:
To convert a reserved name to a dynamic alias:
To convert a reserved name to a dynamic host:
The tasks for controlling the name server are:
To stop the name server, click Server, Stop the Name Server.
To start the name server, click Server, Start the Name Server.
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When the name server is started, it reads in the most recently saved configuration data.
To reinitialize the name server, click Server, Reinitialize the Name Server.
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When the name server is reinitialized, it reads in the most recently saved configuration data.
To check the name server status, click Server, Check the Name Server Status to display the Server Status Window. If desired, you can change the status.
The tasks for viewing configuration file data are:
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When you view configuration file data, you see the configuration data that represents the current configuration in the DDNS Server Administrator program, that is, the data that would be written if the configuration were saved.
To view the boot file data that represents the current configuration in the DDNS Server Administrator program:
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If the boot file read in contains a directory statement, the directory specified is incorporated into the path names for the appropriate files and the directory statement is removed. Any bogusns, check-names, include, limit, options, sortlist, stub, or xfrnets statements that are in the boot file when it is read in are written as is, without any validation, when the boot file is saved.
To view the root server file data that represents the current configuration in the DDNS Server Administrator program:
To view domain data in the domain file that represents the current configuration in the DDNS Server Administrator program:
To view the resource records for a host, alias, or reserved name that represent the current configuration in the DDNS Server Administrator program:
To view configuration file errors:
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If the boot file read in contains a directory statement, the directory specified is incorporated into the path names for the appropriate files and the directory statement is removed. Any bogusns, check-names, include, limit, options, sortlist, stub, or xfrnets statements that are in the boot file when it is read in are written as is, without any validation, when the boot file is saved.
The tasks for controlling the name server and host panes are:
To collapse the name server pane, click the minus signs (-) beside the name server and the Primary Domains and Secondary Domains labels.
To expand the name server pane to see the domains, click the plus signs (+) beside the name server and the Primary Domains and Secondary Domains labels.
To collapse the host pane, click the minus sign (-) beside the domain name.
To expand the host pane, click the plus sign (+) beside the domain name.
To collapse both the name server and host panes, click View, Collapse All on the menu bar.
To expand both the name server and host panes, click View, Expand All on the menu bar.
To turn off the display of the host pane, click View, Show No Hosts on the menu bar.
To turn on the display of the host pane, click View, Show All Hosts or View, Show n Hosts on the menu bar (where n is the number specified in Edit, Settings, Number of Hosts to Show).
To set the number of hosts displayed at one time in the host pane:
To change the sizes of the name and address columns in the host pane: