Host resolve question.

[Barry Margolin]

In article <VKWP4.199540$AT6.270618 at dfw-read.news.verio.net>,
staalejg <staalejg at bigfoot.com> wrote:
>Ok. I if add the following entry I get the desired results:
>
>company.com.        IN A        172.16.10.4
>
>But, shouldn't the blank entry work as well since it gets the "company.com."
>entry from the named.conf file?

Only if the blank entry is immediately following another entry for
company.com. or @.  A blank name field means a continuation of the name on
the previous line, it doesn't mean to substitute the zone name (that's what
"@" means).

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