Simple question about zone and CNAME

Warren Kumari warren at kumari.net
Fri Apr 5 13:16:09 UTC 2013


On Apr 5, 2013, at 5:23 AM, Phil Mayers <p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk> wrote:

> On 04/05/2013 10:13 AM, Thomas Manson wrote:
> 
>> @  IN CNAME somehost.com
> 
> Correct. CNAMEs are mutually exclusive with other records (DNSSEC signatures excepted) and zone apex requires SOA and NS.
> 
> <http://somehost.com>
>> 
>> How can I achive this configuration ?
> 
> You will have to use an A record. Our DNS system allows "CNAME" at zone apex, but it resolves it to A/AAAA records when building the DNS zone.
> 
>> Is there another way to specify the address of http://mysite.com ?
>> 
>> I would like to avoid pointing on an IP adress directly as I'm managing
> 
> Can't be avoided.

DNAME? <runs away, giggling…>

W

> 
>> a few hundred of domain and among them, I don't manage some domain of
>> some client, which is then very painful and time consuming to make them
>> do some change.
> 
> Automate the zone editing, as above.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list
> 
> bind-users mailing list
> bind-users at lists.isc.org
> https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
> 

--
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." -- Terry Pratchett




More information about the bind-users mailing list