cname problem

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 02:22:52PM +0200, Juergen Bohn wrote:
> Hello List,
> i have follow problem....
> 
> www.kissler-germany.com.	IN	CNAME	webfarm1.sturmlan.net.    ----> is ok	
> kissler-germany.com.	IN	CNAME	webfarm1.sturmlan.net.   ----> does not work

There is an awful lot that you are NOT telling us.  I suspect that
"kissler-germany.com" is a zone with its own SOA, NS, etc. records.

You may not have a label on the left side of a CNAME record and on the
left side of any other record, including a CNAME record.  Conversely,
if you already have your SOA, NS, et al. records, you may not have a
CNAME record for that name.  The CNAME record says, "this thing to my
left is not a real name, the real name is on my right."

Personally, I still do not understand the drive to assign host-name
meanings to one's domain name.  But if you need to do so, you must do
it with an "A" record and the IP address [62.104.117.13].  YES, this
means that this won't automatically change if Storm LAN ever changes
"webfarm1.sturmlan.net".  Those are your choices.  If Storm LAN is part
of Storm GmbH, then this should not be a problem for you.  ;-)

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