CNAMEs and domains..

Tim Maestas tmaestas at dnsconsultants.com
Thu Jan 25 19:58:08 UTC 2001


	No.  The domain name can not have a CNAME.  CNAMEs
	can not have any other type of data.  Your domain
	name will have, at minimum, NS records and an SOA
	record.  Therefore, it can't have a CNAME as well.

-Tim


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On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Duncan Hill wrote:

> 
> 
> I've had a request from above me to do somthing of the form:
> 
> domain_name.com IN CNAME host_name_somewhere_else
> www.domain_name.com IN CNAME "          "
> 
> The www. works fine.  Is the other record even possible in bind 8?
> 
> TIA
> 
> -- 
> 
> Sapere aude
> My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely.
> 
> 
> 




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