CNAMEs and domains..
Tim Maestas
tmaestas at dnsconsultants.com
Thu Jan 25 19:58:08 UTC 2001
No. The domain name can not have a CNAME. CNAMEs
can not have any other type of data. Your domain
name will have, at minimum, NS records and an SOA
record. Therefore, it can't have a CNAME as well.
-Tim
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Duncan Hill wrote:
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>
> I've had a request from above me to do somthing of the form:
>
> domain_name.com IN CNAME host_name_somewhere_else
> www.domain_name.com IN CNAME " "
>
> The www. works fine. Is the other record even possible in bind 8?
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> TIA
>
> --
>
> Sapere aude
> My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely.
>
>
>
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