On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uh...@fantomas.sk> wrote:
>> When i tried this host did not resolve >> the cname. i.e a host 1.1.1.1 returned metis.local. it did not know >> to resolve metis.local as bob.... > > the host 1.1.1.1 returned that 1.1.1.1.in-addr.arpa is a CNAME to > metis.local. It's not reverse record, the PTR is, and metis.local has no > PTR. Even if it did, the PTR should be on 1.1.1.1.in-addr.arpa, you are > putting one more unnecessary step into resolution. > Ok thanks for the response. Looks like my best bet is to stick with the following. zone for local bob-www-sol-l01 IN A 1.1.1.1 metis IN CNAME bob-www-sol-l01 zone for 1.1.1 1 IN PTR bob-www-sol-l01.local cheers _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users