rejected due to CNAME and OTHER data error

Simon Waters Simon at wretched.demon.co.uk
Thu Jun 21 15:06:22 UTC 2001


Marten Lehmann wrote:
> 
> Jun 21 15:15:05 vm3 named[3605]: miabdo.de has CNAME and other data (invalid)
> Jun 21 15:15:05 vm3 named[3605]: de/miabdo.zone:9:miabdo.de: CNAME and OTHER data error
> Jun 21 15:15:05 vm3 named[3605]: master zone "miabdo.de" (IN) rejected due to errors (serial 2001062160)
> 

> miabdo.de.      IN      CNAME   miabdo.dydns.org.

You can not have;

name CNAME newname
name ANOTHERTYPE data

also;

zone "name"
name CNAME newname

is against the rules AFAIK....


You seem to have a domain called "miabo.de." and are trying
to alias the domain name "miabo.de" to something else. Then
you try and tell it that "miabo.de" has other entries, but
"miabo.de" doesn't exist, as it was only an alias.....

Your not allowed to alias the domain name with a CNAME as
this leads to ambiguity and confusion.... well so it is
claimed.

Perhaps you want "miabo.de." to work as a web site, in which
case you need to insert an A record, or use some sort of
HTTP redirection (I'm guessing it has a dynamic IP address
so an A record is out of the question). 

If you want the zone to have entries other than "miabo.de"
entries, and the "miabo.de" record to point to a dynamic IP
address, I think your out of luck....

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