CNAME invalid - why?

Jeff Newton Jeff_Newton at pmc-sierra.com
Tue Feb 1 16:30:03 UTC 2000


> 	If you posted an unedited error message and complete zone file
> 	we might be able to help you.  Otherwise you need to search
> 	for the confilicting records yourself.
> 
> 	The error means that named detected a CNAME and some other RR
> 	type with the same name.  This is illegal.
> 

Mark,

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

db.pmccom is as follows:

$TTL 86400
$ORIGIN pmc-sierra.com.
@       IN      SOA     procyon.pmc-sierra.bc.ca. 
postmaster.procyon.pmc-sierra. bc.ca. (
                        2000013105; Serial - yymmddnn 
                        21600   ; Refresh - 120 minutes
                        600     ; Retry - 60 minutes
                        604800  ; Expire - 1000 hours
                        86400 ) ; Minimum - 24 hours

                IN      NS      procyon.pmc-sierra.bc.ca.

localhost       IN      A               127.0.0.1

                IN      MX         0  procyon.pmc-sierra.bc.ca.

pdx-lists       IN      MX         0  pdx-lists.pmc-sierra.bc.ca.
pdx-lists       IN      MX        10  procyon.pmc-sierra.bc.ca.
pdx-info        IN      MX         0  pdx-info.pmc-sierra.bc.ca.
pdx-info        IN      MX        10  procyon.pmc-sierra.bc.ca.

pdx-info        IN      A               134.87.165.160
pdx-lists       IN      CNAME           pdx-info


Is the problem that you can't have an MX for a CNAME?

Thanks in advance for the assistance.

Cheers,

----
Jeff Newton
Security Analyst
PMC-Sierra Inc.




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