CNAME setup

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On Saturday 2005-August-27 18:41, Jim Pazarena wrote:
> I have tried to set a virtual domain like:

What is a "virtual domain" in DNS terms? ...

> ;  authoritative data for lifeboatscanada.com
> ;
>
> $INCLUDE qcislands.soa

... just meaning it shares the SOA and NS records with other zones?

> $ORIGIN lifeboatscanada.com.
>
> lifeboatscanada.com.  IN A     64.69.87.111

(You could use "@" in place of "lifeboatscanada.com." here.)

> www                   IN A     64.69.87.111
> ftp                   IN A     64.69.87.111
>
> and this seems to works OK, but when I try to "CNAME" these entries,
> like:
>
>
> lifeboatscanada.com.  IN CNAME www.qcislands.net

This one won't work.

> www                   IN CNAME www.qcislands.net
> ftp                   IN CNAME www.qcislands.net

These are fine.

> doesn't work... the master re-load complains "CNAME and other data"
>
> am I doing something wrong, or is there another way to do this?

Yes, no. A CNAME cannot coexist with other RR types at the same name. 
Your zone "lifeboatscanada.com." also has the SOA and NS records (and 
MX or others, optionally.) There's no way around that.
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