Host resolve question.

[Hugh Lewis]

The problem with using a CNAME is if you're using the same machine 
for PRIMARY DNS. Then you can't use the CNAME solution.


>You should use a CNAME record to alias the zone, that's what CNAME records are
>for.
>
>company.com.                 IN     A                 172.10.4
>www.company.com        IN     CNAME      company.com.
>
>staalejg 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?
>>
>>  "staalejg" <staalejg at bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>>  news:tCWP4.199532$AT6.270283 at dfw-read.news.verio.net...
>>  > Can someone help?
>>  >
>>  > I have two entries in my zone file. (company.com)
>>  >
>>  >             IN A        172.16.10.4
>>  > www    IN A        172.16.10.4
>>  >
>>  > When I run NSLOOKUP and do a query for these hosts I get the following
>>  > results.
>>  >
>>  > >company.com
>>  > Server: dns.company.com
>>  > Address: 172.16.10.1
>>  >
>>  > *** dns.company.com can't find company.com:  Non-existent host/domain
>>  >
>>  > >www.company.com
>>  > Server: dns.company.com
>>  > Address: 172.16.10.1
>>  >
>>  > Name:    www.company.com
>>  > Address:    172.16.10.4
>>  >
>>  > I want to the dns server to resolve a query for company.com to the same
>>  > address as www.company.com.
>>  >
>>  > Thanks.
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