Bind Newbie has questions about CNAMEs

[Michael Schwager]

In the article to which I am replying, barmar at bbnplanet.com spanks 
schwager at enteract.com in this fashion...
> Come on, if this isn't one of *the* most FAQ's, I don't know what is.  I
> just answered someone else 2 minutes ago.  Doesn't *anyone* read FAQs any
> more?

Sure, if they exist.  "bind faq" search at Yahoo returns one tiny little 
paper.  A search of the Usenet FAQ's at RTFM reveals nothing.  You wanna 
tell where it is, or are you happier complaining about it?

Like you've never been a newbie before, scratching your head over 
something.

See, the problem is that I- like thousands of other newbies- though we 
should *intrinsically* realize (not knowing the material, of course) that 
such a question would be in an FAQ, we ask anyhow.  And quite naturally, 
that's why it's not explained in the book... because the book's authors 
realize that if they pointed it out, thousands of newbies would have no 
questions to ask.

> The zone name cannot be a CNAME because it already has SOA and NS records,
> and a CNAME can't have other records.

BTW, thanks for answering my question.  And the spanking was great.  If I 
get confused by anything else, I'll make sure to post to the newsgroup 
first thing.
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-Mike Schwager                         -o)
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