CNAMEs and domains..

[James Raftery]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 02:45:09PM -0500, Duncan Hill wrote:
> domain_name.com IN CNAME host_name_somewhere_else
> www.domain_name.com IN CNAME "          "
> 
> The www. works fine.  Is the other record even possible in bind 8?

Nope, a label with a CNAME cannot have other records. Since you need at
least SOA and NS records at a zone cut you cannot also have a CNAME
there.

If you want domain_name.com to be a host, just use an A record to give
domain_name.com the IP address of your chosen host.

james
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