CNAME stuff in Bind8.2

[Michael Voight]

"Pandit, Tushar" wrote:
> 
> Would this create a problem for sendmail ?

The A record doesn't cause any issue for mail.
The MX records have already sent mail elsewhere.
The A record would be used for non mail queries.

Michael

> 
> Thanks.
> Tushar
> 
> 
> Why not just make it another A record.
> You can NOT have a CNAME record for a name if other records exist for
> that name.
> 
> Michael
> 
> "Pandit, Tushar" wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to get my bind 8.2 started and this is the error that I am
> getting:
> >
> > Aug  3 14:34:56 altair4 named[2547]:<3.5> webo.hosts:224:oa.webo.dg.com:
> CNAME a
> > nd OTHER data error
> >
> > The data in the db file for the above domain looks like this:
> >
> > oa.webo.dg.com.         IN      MX      10      magellan.webo.dg.com.
> > oa.webo.dg.com.         IN      MX      20      dg-webo.webo.dg.com.
> >
> > oa.webo.dg.com. IN      CNAME   stacks.webo.dg.com.
> >
> > This was working fine in Bind 4.9.7. At least it did not reject the zone.
> I am not sure if this
> > is violation of RFC 1034, but seems like Bind8.2 doesn't like it and
> rejects the master zone.
> >
> > Is there any other way that this shud be specified ? I would like to keep
> the CNAME record, as
> > it is going to used by sendmail.
> >
> > Any suggestions ?
> >
> > Thanks much.
> >
> > --
> > Tushar