dns question

Robert Dege rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU
Wed Jun 19 12:59:27 EDT 2002


heh -- true.  I blame it on a quick copy-n-paste solution.  And yes, I
learned that format the hard way, so now I let DNS have it's fun and
append the domain til it's happy :)

-Rob

> the problem with the folling statement is that:
>
> cognigencorp.com          CNAME   www.cognigencorp.com
> 		^-- DOT goes here
>
> is not fully qualified. you would need to append a . (DOT) to the end of
> cognigencorp.com. if this is not done you may recieve undesired results,
> for example cognigencorp.com.cognigencorp.com.
>
> Robert Dege wrote:
> > here's an example for you:
> >
> > www.cognigencorp.com      IN A    x.x.x.x
> >
> > cognigencorp.com          CNAME   www.cognigencorp.com
> >
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> >
> >>hello all,
> >>
> >>i have a dns problem that i'm trying to resolv, ;) and i'm not getting
> >>anywhere. i'm looking to setup my dns servers to resolve
> >>www.cognigencorp.com and cognigencorp.com to the same machine.
> >>
> >>i've tried the following record to my zone files thinking it should work.
> >>
> >>cognigencorp.com.
> >>IN
> >>CNAME
> >>webserver
> >>
> >>and
> >>
> >>@
> >>IN
> >>CNAME
> >>webserver
> >>
> >>both of these statements fail, but then again they are the same as far
> >>as bind is concerned.
> >>
> >>has anyone setup their dns to resolve in such a fashion?
> >>
> >>--
> >>Darin Perusich
> >>Unix Systems Administrator
> >>Cognigen Corp.
> >>darinper at cognigencorp.com
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dege
> >
> > So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
> > .... If They Weren't Happening To Me
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Darin Perusich
> Unix Systems Administrator
> Cognigen Corp.
> darinper at cognigencorp.com
>
>



Dege

So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
.... If They Weren't Happening To Me




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