Re: [PLUG] stale A record in the root server

[Stephen Gran <steve@lobefin.net>]

On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 10:59:18AM -0500, Michael Bevilacqua said:
> I'm setting up my authoritative name servers again. Last time I had them up
> was back in 2002. So I setup the A record a week or so ago to point to
> 72.94.17.3 only to find it pointing to my old server's IP from 2002. Here is
> what I'm seeing:
> 
> 
> michael@midnight ~ $ whois clockbot.net | tail -n 3
>      NS2.RACKSPACE.COM
>      NS.RACKSPACE.COM
> 
> 
> michael@midnight ~ $ host ns.clockbot.net
> ns.clockbot.net has address 64.94.194.166
> 
> 
> michael@midnight ~ $ dig @b.gtld-servers.net ns.clockbot.net +trace | tail
> -n 6
> 
> ns.clockbot.net. 172800 IN A 64.94.194.166
> clockbot.net. 172800 IN NS ns.rackspace.com.
> clockbot.net. 172800 IN NS ns2.rackspace.com.
> ;; Received 129 bytes from 192.31.80.30#53(D.GTLD-SERVERS.net) in 76 ms
> 
> 
> It should be (as set by the rackspace DNS):
> 
> 
> michael@midnight ~ $ host ns.clockbot.net ns.rackspace.com | grep has
> ns.clockbot.net has address 72.94.17.3
> 
> 
> My question is, how do I go about getting that old record removed?

Registering a name server that the root level knows about usually
involves jumping through a few more hoops than changing the A record.  I
don't know rackspace's web interface, but there is usually a 'manage
nameservers' page somewhere, and you should be able to set the IP of
your nameserver there - that is the information supplied to the root
nameservers, not the A record in the zone file, counter-intuitive
though it may be.

Good luck,
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