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cd /etc/bind/<br />
or cd /etc/bind9/<br />
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You should find a file called db.yourhostname or something similar enter it you will see the www entry as an A or CNAME entry change it, then /etc/init.d/bind restart or /etc/init.d/bind9 restart.<br />
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It might be some time before your clients will go to the new www because there might be routers and or ISP around that have the old IP cached. To make sure ping <a href="http://www.yourdomianname.com" rel="ugc">www.yourdomianname.com</a>&nbsp;from within your debian box.
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cd /etc/bind/
or cd /etc/bind9/

You should find a file called db.yourhostname or something similar enter it you will see the www entry as an A or CNAME entry change it, then /etc/init.d/bind restart or /etc/init.d/bind9 restart.

It might be some time before your clients will go to the new www because there might be routers and or ISP around that have the old IP cached. To make sure ping www.yourdomianname.com [http://www.yourdomianname.com] from within your debian box.

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We have inherited a company that has their public DNS records set up on a Deban GNU Linux box (v4.0). &nbsp;I am not sure what DNS server they are running, however my guess is that it is BIND. &nbsp;We just moved our website to a different host &amp;&nbsp;need to know how to change the www. record to point to the new IP address. &nbsp;Can someone please give me an idea of how to do this change?<br />
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Thanks
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We have inherited a company that has their public DNS records set up on a Deban GNU Linux box (v4.0).  I am not sure what DNS server they are running, however my guess is that it is BIND.  We just moved our website to a different host & need to know how to change the www. record to point to the new IP address.  Can someone please give me an idea of how to do this change?

Thanks

Changing DNS records on a Debian Linux Box - Newbie

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.