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[webmin-l] cname on domains.

[<er...@mi...>]

Hello.

 

I wonder if anyone know how to get cname to work on domain.com.

 

Like

 

Domain.com. IN CNAME www.domain2.com <http://www.domain2.com/> .

Works if I add it manually and then I can edit the names from the Name Alias
Records 

But if I try to add it from the start I get this


Failed to save record : You cannot create a name alias record with the same
name as an existing record.

 

Best Ragards 

Tobbe

Re: [webmin-l] cname on domains.

[Daniel P. <da...@ri...>]

Torbj=F6rn Zachrisson <er...@mi...> writes:

> I wonder if anyone know how to get cname to work on domain.com.
> Like
> Domain.com. IN CNAME www.domain2.com.

You can't actually do this.  You need to specify MX and NS records for
your domain, and you can't specify additional data for a CNAME.[1]

So, even if you did succeed in your goal, this would cause some real
name servers to fail to work at all with your domain.

Note: this will seem to work with a number of resolvers, but *will* fail
with others.  Please, just don't do it.

Just specify an A record for the domain.=20

     Daniel

Footnotes:=20
[1]  This is from the RFC, and real world implementations.