CNAME Problem with bind 8.2.1

[Stefan Dreyer]

Hi,


Ian Hagon wrote:

> Hi,
>     Im having a problem with some zones I have. The problem seems to be that
> I have the following information presented here in an example zone for
> test.com
>
> @                IN         SOA     ns.madeup.net. hostmaster.madeupnet.net.
> (
>                                                    1998071501        ;serial
>                                                    14400                  ;
> Refresh 4 hours
>                                                    7200                    ;
> Expire 10 days
>                                                    28800 )                ;
> Minimum TTL 8 hours
>                                     IN    NS                ns.madeup.net.
>                                     IN    NS                ns2.madeup.net.
> www                            IN    A                  192.168.120.1
> test.com.                       IN    CNAME        www

you should use th following:
@                IN         SOA     ns.madeup.net. hostmaster.madeupnet.net.
(
                                                   1998071501        ;serial
                                                   14400
;Refresh 4 hours
                                                   7200                    ;
Expire 10 days
                                                   28800 )                ;
Minimum TTL 8 hours

                                    IN    NS                ns.madeup.net.
                                    IN    NS                ns2.madeup.net.
                                    IN     CNAME    www
www                         IN    A                  192.168.120.1
or

                                    IN    A                    192.168.120.1
www                         IN    CNAME    test.com.

>
>
> Now this zone will fail to load for me under 8.2.1 Im assuming this is
> because of the CNAME record being invalid in some way, Im also finding that
> a CNAME with a fully qualified domain name seems to cause errors for
> example.
>
> www2                            IN     CNAME        www.someother.net.
>
> From what I've read this is allowed but seems to be causing me errors.
> Also am I allowed multiple CNAME's to point at the same place as such
>
> www                            IN    A                  192.168.120.1
> firstwww                      IN    CNAME        www
> secondwww                 IN    CNAME        www
> thirdwww                     IN    CNAME        www
>
> --
> Thanks in advance
>
> Ian