DNS Answer Results From DIG
SoloCDM
deedsmis at aculink.net
Tue Aug 15 01:52:55 UTC 2000
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually, you hit that one right on the nail.
When I executed dig, I hadn't realized what I did for that moment,
because of too many hours of labor in front of the computer screen.
Later I ran dig with an alias and found it provided two ANSWERS...
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SoloCDM
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Kevin Darcy wrote:
>
> I'm not sure I understand the question. If you want a name to resolve to
> an address through a CNAME, then you need 2 things: 1) an A record
> pointing to the address, and 2) a CNAME pointing to the name of the A
> record. Do you have both of these things? If so, then you should see 2
> records in the ANSWER: section of the dig output -- the CNAME and the
> A record. For instance:
>
> ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> www.chrysler.com @204.189.94.70
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;; www.chrysler.com, type = A, class = IN
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> www.chrysler.com. 1D IN CNAME lb01.is.chrysler.com.
> lb01.is.chrysler.com. 1D IN A 208.154.80.170
>
> (etc.)
>
> Or have I misunderstood the question?
>
> SoloCDM wrote:
>
> > I used "dig <FQDN>" to get topic "ANSWER:" and only found one. How do
> > I get a FQDN starting with www to become an "ANSWER:" as in:
> >
> > www.<domain>.net. IN CNAME FQDN. ; (real domainname)
> >
> > I have the aliases setup, but I don't know whether BIND or DNS offers
> > the results.
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