CNAMES and OTHER data

[Kevin Darcy]

You took me too literally. You can't point an A record at a name. But you can
change the record type to "A" *and* change the name on the right-hand side to
whatever address the name resolves to.


- Kevin

Marc Storck wrote:

> 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?
> >
> >
> >- Kevin
> >
> >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
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >