CNAME

Glenn Hocking ghock at publishmedia.com
Mon Aug 7 05:29:29 UTC 2000


Hi all

I wish to use CNAME in my zone files to point to my main virtual web
server however it appears that I can not use a CNAME for the base domain
name as I get the following error,

Aug  7 15:21:57 au3 named[541]: reloading nameserver
Aug  7 15:21:57 au3 named[541]: ghocktest.com.au has CNAME and other
data (invalid)
Aug  7 15:21:57 au3 named[541]: db.ghocktest.com.au:10:ghocktest.com.au:
CNAME and OTHER data error
Aug  7 15:21:57 au3 named[541]: ghocktest.com.au has CNAME and other
data (invalid)
Aug  7 15:21:57 au3 named[541]: db.ghocktest.com.au:8:ghocktest.com.au:
CNAME and OTHER data error
Aug  7 15:21:57 au3 named[541]: ghocktest.com.au has CNAME and other
data (invalid)
Aug  7 15:21:57 au3 named[541]: db.ghocktest.com.au:7:ghocktest.com.au:
CNAME and OTHER data error
Aug  7 15:21:57 au3 named[541]: master zone "ghocktest.com.au" (IN)
rejected due to errors (serial 2000080708)
Aug  7 15:21:57 au3 named[541]: Forwarding source address is
[0.0.0.0].1056
Aug  7 15:21:57 au3 named[541]: Ready to answer queries.

The zone file is as follows,

$TTL    86400
@       IN      SOA au1.domainnames.com.
ghock.domainnames.com.au. (
                2000080708      ; Serial
                10800           ; Refresh
                3600            ; Retry
                604800          ; Expire
                86400   )       ; Minimum TTL
        IN      NS      au1.domainnames.com.
        IN      NS      au2.domainnames.com.
        IN      MX      10 au1.domainnames.com.
        IN      CNAME   sitegeneral.com.
www     IN      CNAME   sitegeneral.com.

If I change the first CNAME to an A record with the IP address of
sitegeneral.com it all works fine but I don't wish to 'hard code' the IP
address.
Is there any correct way to acheive this?

Thanks in advance,
Glenn Hocking




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