_acme-challenge CNAME whatever.name.you.want.here. will work provided there is no other records, including other CNAMEs, at _acme-challenge.
If you want more help post *actual* response unmodified. There are lots of different ways to configure servers and what may look like a error when checking isn’t anything more than a misunderstanding of how the DNS works. Mark > On 5 Nov 2019, at 07:38, Computerisms Corporation <b...@computerisms.ca> > wrote: > > Hi Reindl, > > Thanks for your response. > >> no matter which record type a CNAME will match and that is the simple >> reason that you can't have A/MX records with the same name >> MX mail.example-com >> CNAME mail.example.com >> TXT whatever.example.com >> CNAME whatever.example.com > > yes, I understand that I can't have them in the same zone (ie in the same > domain name). but not trying that here. I want the CNAME for > firstdomain.com to point to a TXT record at seconddomain.com > > > > >> in both cases you need to chose because a CNAME with the same NAME is a >> conflicting configuration which is not possible or redundant which don't >> make sense >> _______________________________________________ >> Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to >> unsubscribe from this list >> bind-users mailing list >> bind-users@lists.isc.org >> https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
