CNAMES and OTHER data

[Marc Storck]

Hello Kevin,

my BIND 8.2.3T9B does not accept an IN A record which is pointing to FQDN
instead of an IP, does yours work???

Marc

>No, there is no workaround; only a fix. Replace that CNAME with an A record
>and/or whatever other records you want to be owned by "foo.com".
>
>Why do you find it "strange" for a zone-apex name to own an A record?
>Zone-apex names own MX records all of the time. How is owning an A record
>fundamentally different from that?
>
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>- Kevin
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>Marc Storck wrote:
>
>> Thanks Charles,
>>
>> I just put them there to make it evident that the 3 records are for the
>> ORIGIN.
>> The main question is: Is there a work-around the CNAME and OTHER data
>> error???
>>
>> And I would like to apologize to the list that my first message came in 3
>> times, but I got some problems with my mailer, which are now resolved.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Marc
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : Charles Bodley <Bodley at tflogic.com>
>> À : 'Marc Storck' <mstorck at ibone.org>
>> Date : Dienstag, 15. Mai 2001 21:05
>> Objet : RE: CNAMES and OTHER data
>>
>> >I'm not positive but I don't think the second and third @'s are
necessary.
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]On
>> >Behalf Of Marc Storck
>> >Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 1:12 PM
>> >To: bind-users at isc.org
>> >Subject: CNAMES and OTHER data
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >I would like to know if there is a workaround for this illegal case:
>> >
>> >$ORIGIN foo.com
>> >
>> >@    IN    SOA ........
>> >@    IN    NS    ns1.foo.com.
>> >@    IN    CNAME    foo.net.
>> >
>> >This gives a "CNAMES and OTHER data" error but is there a workaround.
>> >
>> >Some BIND versions did allow:
>> >
>> >$ORIGIN foo.com
>> >
>> >@    IN    SOA ........
>> >@    IN    NS    ns1.foo.com.
>> >@    IN    A    foo.net. ;very strange but it worked!!!!
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Marc
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