# Google Registrar rejecting your name servers?

*February 11, 2023* — https://jade.wtf/tech-notes/google-silly-glue/

Tags: dns, google, vpn

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Using [Google Domains](https://domains.google.com/registrar/) as your registrar 
and getting the `Can't switch to these settings. The registry rejected the name servers` 
error when you try to use your own DNS servers? 

You may need to add glue records for those servers
even when it should not be necessary.

## Example
We have two domains: `fake-example.coffee` & `more-example.systems` (not their real names).
Both are under my account at Google Domains and both start out using Google for DNS.

We have DNS servers running at `dns-a.fake-example.coffee` & `ns3.more-example.systems`.
A & AAAA records for each server are set in Google Domains' DNS control panel.

We want to move `more-example.systems` to use our DNS servers, not Google's, so we create a 
glue record for `ns3.more-example.systems`. 

We try to set `dns-a.fake-example.coffee` & `ns3.more-example.systems` as name 
servers for `more-example.systems`. 
We get the `Can't switch to these settings. The registry rejected the name servers` error.

We go to the DNS settings for `fake-example.coffee` (remember, DNS hosted by Google), and 
add a glue record for `dns-a.fake-example.coffee`. We retry changing the DNS 
servers for `more-example.systems`. The changes are accepted.


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