Does "@" in CNAME record not work?

[Gary Wardell]

> > 
> >         mydomain.com            SOA ...
> >         mydomain.com            NS ns1.mydomain.com
> >         mydomain.com            A 192.168.0.4  ; must be an A record
> >         ns1.mydomain.com        A 192.168.0.4  ; must be an A record
> >         www.mydomain.com        CNAME mydomain.com
> 
> 
> Mark,
> 
> Doesn't that bring me back to the problem pointed out in the Bind/DNS
> book (3rd edition, pgs. 64-65)?
> 
> Jim
> 

Why not do it this why:

zone "mydomain.com"			IN 	{type master;	file "master/db.mydomain.com";};

Where db.mydomain.com is:

@		IN	SOA		...
;
;nameservers
		IN	NS	ns1.mydomain.com. ; <--- The period is needed here
		IN	NS	ns2.other-secondary.oth.  ; <----- and here
;
		IN	A	192.168.0.4
www		IN	A	192.168.0.4
ns1		IN	A	192.168.0.4
;
; end

Also this file can be used with multiple domain names on the same server.