The solution Pete suggested worked very well. Pete suggested adding
CNAME record until all the machines can changed over.
I also have to thank Pete for being patient with me, when trying to solve
my typing error. It should have been a quick fix, except I was too
blind to see it.
david
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On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 04:34:21PM -0400, David Brett wrote:
> I realize the question was worded poorly. Is it possible to have named
> look at the host file first and use your idea of an alias for the bad
> hostname?
I think you can set it in /etc/nsswitch.conf
Mettavihari
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t; and hence from the zone files.
>
> pete peterson
>
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:34:21 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: David Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Vidiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: DNS
and eliminate them from the hosts file
and hence from the zone files.
pete peterson
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:34:21 -0400 (EDT)
> From: David Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Vidiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: DNS names
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 03:49:37PM -0400, David Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Does anybody know of a way to allow DNS names with "_" in them? I have a
| number of servers with an underscore in them. It is going to take a lot
| of work to make the change by a large numbe
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, David Brett wrote:
> Does anybody know of a way to allow DNS names with "_" in them? I have a
> number of servers with an underscore in them. It is going to take a lot
> of work to make the change by a large number people.
>
>
> david
>
>
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, David Brett wrote:
> Does anybody know of a way to allow DNS names with "_" in them? I have a
> number of servers with an underscore in them. It is going to take a lot
> of work to make the change by a large number people.
They aren't RFC complia
network
just internal. So any way which will have named give the correct response
is acceptable in this case.
david
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Vidiot wrote:
> david posted:
>
> >Does anybody know of a way to allow DNS names with "_" in them? I have a
> >number of servers wit
Actually I can't take the blame for this one, other things yes.
david
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Chuck Mead wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, David Brett blurted out:
>
> DB>Does anybody know of a way to allow DNS names with "_" in them?
>
> No. The composition of a l
>david posted:
>
>>Does anybody know of a way to allow DNS names with "_" in them? I have a
>>number of servers with an underscore in them. It is going to take a lot
>>of work to make the change by a large number people.
Ignore my answer to this posting.
david posted:
>Does anybody know of a way to allow DNS names with "_" in them? I have a
>number of servers with an underscore in them. It is going to take a lot
>of work to make the change by a large number people.
Check RFC-1034 and RFC-1035 for details, but I believe it
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, David Brett blurted out:
DB>Does anybody know of a way to allow DNS names with "_" in them?
No. The composition of a legal hostname is given in RFC1123, a
*mandatory* RFC. It's this RFC that says hostnames cannot contain
underscores. Likewise, names use
Does anybody know of a way to allow DNS names with "_" in them? I have a
number of servers with an underscore in them. It is going to take a lot
of work to make the change by a large number people.
david
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