How to resolve a domain with no host name i.e. msnbc.com instead of www.msnbc.com

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Thu Aug 16 23:59:40 UTC 2001


John Oliver wrote:

> Wayne Willson wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to get my domain to resolve to mydomain.com instead of
> > having to type www.mydomain.com.  I don't have a clue how to make this
> > work.
>
> Right now, you've probably got:
>
> www             IN      A       12.23.34.45
>
> Just add:
>
>                 IN      A       12.23.34.45

Note: this will only work if the last non-whitespace owner name was "@" or
explicitly the name of the zone.

It probably *won't* work if added to the end of the zonefile.


- Kevin




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