You can do: this-machine in A 123.2.234.4 this_machine in CNAME this-machine.somedomain.com. _ are allowable in CNAMEs because the RFC doesn't consider them "hostnames", but in the end getting rid of the _ all together is probably the best choice.
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 11:18 PM, PM Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've been using the older version (pre 9.3) > and the underscore in the hostname in A recored > like > this_machine IN A 123.2.234.4 > > is okay. > We have to upgrade the bind to 9.5 > The new version does not like underscore in the hostname > > Is there any way to workaround ? > (otherwise we have to re-publish the web site URL > with a new one > as the user has used the underscore in its web site > for quite some time) > > -- -Ben Croswell
