On 16-12-2010 18:12, Pascal R. wrote: > we are currently switching from mydns-ng to powerdns. > > now we got an issue with external cname entries. > > example: > > help.example.com CNAME www.help.com > > > reply from pdns: > > ** server can't find help.example.com: NXDOMAIN
What exactly are you asking the server for? What command/tool are you using to query the server? I have the following record set up: foo.dev-zero.nl CNAME www.google.com Now: dig @ns2.xyz.nl foo.dev-zero.nl ; <<>> DiG 9.7.2-P3 <<>> @ns2.xyz.nl foo.dev-zero.nl ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 32680 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;foo.dev-zero.nl. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: foo.dev-zero.nl. 86400 IN CNAME www.google.com. Please note the warning about recursion not being available. mart...@goofy:~> host foo.dev-zero.nl Host foo.dev-zero.nl not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) mart...@goofy:~> host -t a foo.dev-zero.nl Host foo.dev-zero.nl not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) mart...@goofy:~> host -t any foo.dev-zero.nl foo.dev-zero.nl is an alias for www.google.com. www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com. www.l.google.com has address 74.125.77.147 www.l.google.com has address 74.125.77.99 www.l.google.com has address 74.125.77.104 You'd best use 'dig' for testing. BTW, I do not know which nameserver software my DNS provider runs, but it shouldn't matter. Best regards, Martijn. _______________________________________________ Pdns-users mailing list Pdns-users@mailman.powerdns.com http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-users