my first box is at ala***** and i set upa some subdomains manually via commandline. the problem is that the primary name server sees them and the secondary name server does not.

i wrote ala***** and they said that they would not help me on the issue. i think the new account set up script simply writes to the name servers and does not actually invoke a replication.

if anyone has any info on getting these subdomains to work on the server it is much appreciated.

thanks ahead of time folks.

Too bad certain people aren't here to answer this one.

But you're in luck, because some of those people are willing to help out others:

"Sure, it's possible to set up subdomains without giving a full account. Certainly it's been done long before any type of management controls came out. The best way, for the situation you described:

Park the subdomain against an existing domain. This will create a domain record entry and reload the nameservers. Go into the httpd.conf and create some NameVirtualHost entries if you're pointing to a specific folder. Restart the http daemon. Done.

Alternately, since it seems part of the process has already been done:

If the NameVirtualHost entries have been made, run
/etc/named/setupdns subdomain.name.com IPAddress

where IPAddress is the IP of the master domain. This will create the domain record for the subdomain and sync the nameservers. Reload the tables (/usr/sbin/ndc reload will usually do the trick). Done.

If the NameVirtualHost entries have not been made, make them now, and restart the http daemon. Done.

Feel free to send along any other questions you might have (or that you might stumble across, since I doubt seriously you're that geekified, if you know what I mean, and your question is probably from a forum or newsgroup somewhere).

Annette"

i appreciate all the depth and detail that you gave me. i will be working on this from the info you supplied me.

thanks a lot!