bind9.2.0:xfer-in: error: failed while receiving responses: CNAME and other data
Pete Ehlke
pde at ehlke.net
Fri Jan 4 22:25:29 UTC 2002
* D. M. <hmprimerib at hotmail.com> said, on [020104 14:04]:
>
> folks, I'm trying to slave from a customer box but xfers error with (name
> and IP changed to protect the innocent =):
>
Obscuring this information does you no good. The DNS is by definition a
public database, you're not protecting anyone and you impede folks'
ability to diagnose the problem for you.
> xfer-in: error: transfer of 'domain.com/IN' from 1.1.1.1#53: failed while
> receiving responses: CNAME and other data
> any idears what's going on here?
>
Yes. The master has a zone that probably looks like this:
domain.com. 1D IN SOA ns1.domain.com. hostmaster.domain.com. (
2001123000 ; serial
12H ; refresh
1H ; retry
2W ; expiry
1H ) ; minimum
IN NS ns1.domain.com.
IN NS ns1.otherdomain.com.
www IN A 1.2.3.4
@ IN CNAME www.domain.com.
The LHS of a CNAME cannot own any other records. In this case,
domain.com. also owns the SOA, and is thus a violation. This really is
an FAQ; searching for "CNAME and other data" should have provided you
with thousands of hits explaining it.
-Pete
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