CNAME invalid - why?
Cricket Liu
cricket at acmebw.com
Tue Feb 1 17:20:49 UTC 2000
> Thanks for the post. Here is the error:
>
> Jan 31 10:59:42 procyon named[448]: pdx-lists.pmc-sierra.com has
> CNAME and other data (invalid)
> Jan 31 10:59:42 procyon named[448]: db.pmccom:54:
> pdx-lists.pmc-sierra.com: CNAME and OTHER data error
>
> pdx-lists IN MX 0 pdx-lists.pmc-sierra.bc.ca.
> pdx-lists IN MX 10 procyon.pmc-sierra.bc.ca.
> pdx-lists IN CNAME pdx-info
>
> Is the problem that you can't have an MX for a CNAME?
Yup. If pdx-lists is an alias for pdx-info, it can't have any other
records associated with it.
cricket
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