Host resolve question.

[Thomas Porter]

On 3 May 2000 16:06:46 -0700, Hugh Lewis <hlewis at master.roundtuit.com>
wrote:

>The problem with using a CNAME is if you're using the same machine 
>for PRIMARY DNS. Then you can't use the CNAME solution.
>
Why not??
>
>>You should use a CNAME record to alias the zone, that's what CNAME records are
>>for.
>>
>>company.com.                 IN     A                 172.10.4
>>www.company.com        IN     CNAME      company.com.
>>
>>staalejg wrote:
>>
>>>  Ok. I if add the following entry I get the desired results:
>>>
>>>  company.com.        IN A        172.16.10.4
>>>
>>>  But, shouldn't the blank entry work as well since it gets the "company.com."
>>>  entry from the named.conf file?
>>>
>>>  "staalejg" <staalejg at bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>>>  news:tCWP4.199532$AT6.270283 at dfw-read.news.verio.net...
>>>  > Can someone help?
>>>  >
>>>  > I have two entries in my zone file. (company.com)
>>>  >
>>>  >             IN A        172.16.10.4
>>>  > www    IN A        172.16.10.4
>>>  >
>>>  > When I run NSLOOKUP and do a query for these hosts I get the following
>>>  > results.
>>>  >
>>>  > >company.com
>>>  > Server: dns.company.com
>>>  > Address: 172.16.10.1
>>>  >
>>>  > *** dns.company.com can't find company.com:  Non-existent host/domain
>>>  >
>>>  > >www.company.com
>>>  > Server: dns.company.com
>>>  > Address: 172.16.10.1
>>>  >
>>>  > Name:    www.company.com
>>>  > Address:    172.16.10.4
>>>  >
>>>  > I want to the dns server to resolve a query for company.com to the same
>>>  > address as www.company.com.
>>>  >
>>>  > Thanks.
>>>  >
>>>  >
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