domain CNAME ?

[Dan Winchester]

I've CNAMEd the www for my domain to mydomain.com and it works just fine.

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Dan Winchester

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Chris Cariffe wrote:

> how can i take a domain record
>
> mydomain.com.   IN      A       1.2.3.4
>
> and change it to cname to a
>
> www.mydomain.com.       IN      A       1.2.3.5
> mydomain.com.   IN      CNAME   www.mydomain.com.
>
> is it possible?
>
> this is so if a web browser put's in http://mydomain.com/ they get
> redirected or a new name of www.mydomain.com
>
> i have a gut feeling that this is going to have to be set up via a http
> server redirect but wanted to see if there is a way to CNAME my domain itself
>
> thanks
>
> i did try the above and bind wouldn't start due to errors