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RBH
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 Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:06 pm Post subject: DNS record without subdomain |
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I feel reeeally quite silly for having to ask this but I can't find an answer anywhere.
With bind-style zone files, subdomains are easy to define -
| Code: | | www IN CNAME server01 |
But how can I set a record to define where queries to "http://domain.com" go?
Thanks in advance 
Edit: Typically noobed up the subdomain example. |
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PaulBredbury
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| Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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| See "IN PTR company.com." line in example config files. |
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zeek
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:40 am Post subject: Re: DNS record without subdomain |
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| RBH wrote: | | But how can I set a record to define where queries to "http://domain.com" go? |
First, don't confuse http and DNS.
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IN CNAME www
www IN A 10.0.0.0 |
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JC Denton
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:58 am Post subject: Re: DNS record without subdomain |
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| zeek wrote: | | RBH wrote: | | But how can I set a record to define where queries to "http://domain.com" go? |
First, don't confuse http and DNS.
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IN CNAME www
www IN A 10.0.0.0 |
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That first record is invalid. BIND would issue a "CNAME and other data" error and refuse to load the zone. |
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zeek
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:40 am Post subject: Re: DNS record without subdomain |
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| Captain Kirk wrote: | | zeek wrote: | | RBH wrote: | | But how can I set a record to define where queries to "http://domain.com" go? |
First, don't confuse http and DNS.
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IN CNAME www
www IN A 10.0.0.0 |
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That first record is invalid. BIND would issue a "CNAME and other data" error and refuse to load the zone. |
Interesting, this error is new in BIND 9. I googled the issue and from a quick reading on the arguments around it I don't understand why they didn't make CNAME only be an alias for PTR and A records and not apply it to SOA, NS and MX records? |
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RBH
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject: Re: DNS record without subdomain |
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| zeek wrote: | | RBH wrote: | | But how can I set a record to define where queries to "http://domain.com" go? |
First, don't confuse http and DNS.
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IN CNAME www
www IN A 10.0.0.0 |
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No worries there - I just included the protocol to illustrate clearly what I was after
Thanks for your help all. |
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