Question about a dot in hostname
Barry Margolin
barmar at alum.mit.edu
Sun Aug 20 04:29:25 UTC 2006
In article <ec8nmv$ku6$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
"Brian Sheets" <brians at fl240.com> wrote:
> I'm having an issue with the following
>
> Host.name.domain.com where host.name is the hostname of the system
>
> I'm running bind 9.3.2 on debian 3.1, the zone loads and serves up the
> address, but when I do a zone xfer
> The .name is removed and all I get is the "host" part
>
> I've tried doing a cname like this
>
> Host IN A xx.xx.xx.xx
> Host.name IN CNAME host
>
> But the .name gets stripped from that as well.
>
> What are my options to make this work?
I suggest you post the actual, complete zone file. There must be
something you're not showing us. Unless name is a delegated zone, this
should work the way you've done it.
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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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