I'm a bind newbie i don't know what an apex is. what I'm trying to do is. direct traffic from www.domain.com ---> myserver.beta.domain.com.
any help will be awesomely appreciated. -b On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Kevin Darcy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Beavis wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> Just wanted to ask if this is a possible scenario. >> >> >> domain.com. IN CNAME www >> www IN CNAME myserver.beta.domain.com. >> > > I assume domain.com is the "apex" name of a _zone_, right? > > If so, then the above is illegal. Why? Because at the apex of a zone you > have an SOA record and at least 2 NS records. The rule is: you can't > have a CNAME at a node if there is other data present at that node. So > the presence of the SOA/NS records forbid the creation of the CNAME. > You'll get a "CNAME and other data" error if you try this. > > It is, however, perfectly legal and acceptable for www.domain.com to own > a CNAME pointing at a zone apex, or any other name that does not itself > own a CNAME, -unless- www.domain.com is itself a subzone of domain.com. > > Short version of answer: you can't CNAME the apex of a zone. > > > - Kevin > > >
