RE: nameserver ip change misunderstanding

From: Edwin Culp (eculp@worldinternet.org)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 12:48:31 EST


That is good news, Charles. I can use ns2.realprogrammers.com and dns.guey.net.
I'll add additional changes after the registry change at the end of January.

Thanks,

ed

Quoting Charles Daminato <chuck@tucows.com>:

> Edwin,
>
> That error message (provided by the registry) means that the IP address (or
> hostname) is already "taken" at the registry level. For example,
> 64.173.182.158 is being used by NS2.REALPROGRAMMERS.COM and 64.173.182.155
> is being used by DNS.GUEY.NET
>
> Currently the registry only allows one to one mapping of IPs to hostnames.
>
> Note that they are changing this policy, and you'll be able to have
> multiple
> hostnames using the same IP (DNS Virtual Hosting? *yay*) after their next
> maintenance cycle (current one scheduled for January 19th 2002)
>
> Charles Daminato
> OpenSRS Product Manager
> Tucows Inc. - chuck@tucows.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dev-list@opensrs.org [mailto:owner-dev-list@opensrs.org]On
> > Behalf Of Edwin Culp
> > Sent: January 2, 2002 11:04 AM
> > To: dev-list@opensrs.org
> > Cc: Zeljko Dimic
> > Subject: Re: nameserver ip change misunderstanding
> >
> >
> > I hope everyone had great holidays and I wish you all the best for 2002.
> >
> > I am having problems with nameservers that I had registered with NetSol.
> > I've decided that the easiest solution would be to create new nameservers
> > with tucows/opensrs. I assumed that I should be able to create a new
> > nameserver with an IP that I haven't registered as a nameserver. I
> > just tried and go the following error:
> >
> > Error Page
> >
> > Unable to create nameserver: Registry error, nameserver creation failed
> > [Attribute value not unique]
> >
> > This was with a new domain guey.net that I recently registered through
> > opensrs. The nameserver that I tried to register was casa-205.guey.net
> > and the ip is 64.173.182.158. I also tried casa-204.guey.net with an ip
> > of 64.173.182.155 with the same results.
> >
> > I have no idea what "attribute value not unique" could be. I can only
> > think that it might mean that guey.net is a registered name server which
> > it isn't or that one of the ip's is but as far as I can remember they
> > aren't.
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> > ed
> >
> > P.S. Is there no way to get rid of Network Solutions, once you
> > have transfered
> > the domain? I have wasted more time with them. What a
> > pain they are.
> >
> > Quoting Zeljko Dimic <zdimic@tucows.com>:
> >
> > > That's definitely it. If your nameserver is registered with
> > NSI, they are
> > > 'owner' from registry point of view, and OpenSRS is not allowed
> > to change
> > > it.
> > > You'll have to work with NSI, and possibly our support can send manual
> > > request to registry on your behalf. I am not promising that, though.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > Zeljko Dimic
> > > OpenSRS Developer
> > >
> > > Edwin Culp wrote:
> > >
> > > > Eric, I'm really concerned about my sanity now, but that's really
> > > > nothing new:-) Both you and Alex Brecher answered with the same
> > > > solution which makes total sense. The problem is that I had no
> > > > subusers. I created one after receiving your email to be
> > sure. I gave
> > > > the subuser all permissions and then logged in as the
> > subuser. There are
> > > > several differences between the two. The more important ones are
> that
> > > > a subuser doesn't seem to be able to "manage profile" nor was
> > the option
> > > > "If you want to create or modify a nameserver which is based on
> > > > pasionlatina.org click here." available to me. This is the one that
> > > > shows pasionlatina.org and the old IP that gives me the previous
> error
> > > > when I try to change it.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks again for your help. I'm still missing something. Would the
> > > > fact that PasionLatina.Org was a nameserver registered with Network
> > > > Solutions? It was and had it's handle, etc.
> > > >
> > > > Have a great New Year 2002.
> > > >
> > > > ed
> > > >
> > > > Quoting WebWiz <webwiz@atlcon.net>:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Ed,
> > > > >
> > > > > It's quite possible that you're logging in to a "sub-user"
> > > > > account rather than the owner account. Best bet is to
> > > > > use the RWI to send the password to the owner (you?),
> > > > > then ensure that THAT's the username and password you're
> > > > > using to log in to the domain to make changes.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Eric Longman
> > > > > Atl-Connect Internet Services
> > > > >
> > > > > +-------------------------------------------------------+
> > > > > | Atl-Connect Internet Services http://www.atlcon.net |
> > > > > | 3600 Dallas Hwy Ste 230-288 770 590-0888 |
> > > > > | Marietta, GA 30064-1685 support@atlcon.net |
> > > > > +-------------------------------------------------------+
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Edwin Culp" <eculp@worldinternet.org>
> > > > > To: <discuss-list@opensrs.net>
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 1:13 PM
> > > > > Subject: nameserver ip change misunderstanding
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > When I try to change the ip on a nameserver that I just
> > transfered to
> > > > > opensrs, I get the following error.
> > > > >
> > > > > Error Page
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Unable to modify nameserver: You have to login as owner of
> > domain for
> > > > > nameserver
> > > > > pasionlatina.org to modify the nameserver
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I really don't understand it because I login in to manage the
> > > > > pasionlatina.org
> > > > > domain, click on "If you want to create or modify a
> > nameserver which is
> > > > > based on
> > > > > pasionlatina.org click here." and try changing the ip.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can someone please tell my what I am doing wrong? Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > ed
> > > > >
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