Subdomain forwarding

[Barry Margolin]

In article <38C16189.507CD79B at gmx.de>, hpd  <hpd_ at gmx.de> wrote:
>how can i set up the DNS of a.b.c.de to have the domain
>    hpd.cx
>and redirected to my computer
>    xyzzy.a.b.c.de
>however, i want to use "http://hpd.cx", but i have to use "http://www.hpd.cx" to
>receive my pages.
>
>so, can i set up a alias like
>    hpd.cx.  CNAME  xyzzy.a.b.c.de ??

No, if you want to redirect the zone name itself, you have to use an A
record:

hpd.cx. A  <address of xyzzy.a.b.c.de>

>i haven't set up a virtual host hpd.cx in the domain a.b.c.de on the xyzzy host.
>now we have setup an alias to let it work with only www.hpd.cx.

You'll also have to do that.

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