Re: Creating a CNAME to another domain.
Danny Mayer wrote: Kevin Darcy wrote: Ezra Taylor wrote: Hello All: How can I create a CNAME that points to another domain. Example below. Is the below example possible? stars.mydomain.com http://stars.mydomain.com INCNAME stars.otherdomain.com http://stars.otherdomain.com. If stars.mydomain.com is just an ordinary name in the mydomain.com zone, then there is no problem with what you show above (except, syntactically, you need the trailing dot, as was already pointed out). If, on the other hand, stars.mydomain.com is a *zone*, then it's not possible, because in that case there would be apex records (records whose name is the same as that of the zone); at a minimum, an SOA and at least 2 NS records, which are required for each and every zone. When a particular name owns a CNAME record, it cannot also own SOA or NS records. Not true. For a Domain alias use a DNAME: mydomain.com. IN DNAME otherdomain.com. Bearing in mind that the OP asked specifically about creation of CNAMEs, which part is not true? - Kevin ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Creating a CNAME to another domain.
Hello All: How can I create a CNAME that points to another domain. Example below. Is the below example possible? stars.mydomain.com INCNAME stars.otherdomain.com. -- Ezra Taylor ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: Creating a CNAME to another domain.
Ezra Taylor wrote: Hello All: How can I create a CNAME that points to another domain. Example below. Is the below example possible? stars.mydomain.com http://stars.mydomain.com INCNAME stars.otherdomain.com http://stars.otherdomain.com. If stars.mydomain.com is just an ordinary name in the mydomain.com zone, then there is no problem with what you show above (except, syntactically, you need the trailing dot, as was already pointed out). If, on the other hand, stars.mydomain.com is a *zone*, then it's not possible, because in that case there would be apex records (records whose name is the same as that of the zone); at a minimum, an SOA and at least 2 NS records, which are required for each and every zone. When a particular name owns a CNAME record, it cannot also own SOA or NS records. - Kevin ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: Creating a CNAME to another domain.
Thanks all. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Ezra Taylor ezra.tay...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All: How can I create a CNAME that points to another domain. Example below. Is the below example possible? stars.mydomain.com INCNAME stars.otherdomain.com. -- Ezra Taylor -- Ezra Taylor ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: Creating a CNAME to another domain.
Kevin Darcy wrote: Ezra Taylor wrote: Hello All: How can I create a CNAME that points to another domain. Example below. Is the below example possible? stars.mydomain.com http://stars.mydomain.com INCNAME stars.otherdomain.com http://stars.otherdomain.com. If stars.mydomain.com is just an ordinary name in the mydomain.com zone, then there is no problem with what you show above (except, syntactically, you need the trailing dot, as was already pointed out). If, on the other hand, stars.mydomain.com is a *zone*, then it's not possible, because in that case there would be apex records (records whose name is the same as that of the zone); at a minimum, an SOA and at least 2 NS records, which are required for each and every zone. When a particular name owns a CNAME record, it cannot also own SOA or NS records. Not true. For a Domain alias use a DNAME: mydomain.com. IN DNAME otherdomain.com. Danny -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
