link name to ip in bind
Kevin Darcy
kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Mon Jun 12 21:01:44 UTC 2000
Brian Ventura wrote:
> use a CNAME an A record cannot point to a name. A CNAME may. Also on the
> end of that line, have a trailing period. otherwise it becomes:
>
> mtfworldwideservers.cjb.net.qldwide.com.
>
> bob.localdomain.com. IN CNAME jim.remotedomain.com.
>
> allows bob in my domain to be the same as jim in another domain.
>
> Nick wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> > I need to point a sub domain to a address not an IP ( look below on last
> > line )
> > now of course .
> > Seeing as mtfworldwideservers.cjb.net does not have a statik ip does
> > anyone know how this can be done
> >
> > Regards
> > Nick
> >
> > $ORIGIN qldwide.com.
> > @ IN SOA ns1.wildcomm.net. admin.qldwide.com. (
> > 200005612006 ; Serial
> > 10800 ; Refresh
> > 3600 ; Retry
> > 604800 ; Expire
> > 86400 ) ; Default TTL
> > IN NS ns1.wildcomm.net.
> > IN NS ns2.wildcomm.net.
> > @ IN A 61.12.26.33
> > $ORIGIN qldwide.com.
> > battlecom IN A mtfworldwideservers.cjb.net
As for the larger problem of mapping a static name to a dynamic address,
I think there are sites like dyndns.org that provide this service. Can't say
how well it works, since I've never had any reason to use them...
- Kevin
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