Is there a reason we do not allow the creation of Host and CNAME records
that have the same name? I was told that you can do this in BIND (But I have
not verified this).

Thanks!

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Bob <(E-Mail Removed)> posted their thoughts, then I offered mine
> Is there a reason we do not allow the creation of Host and CNAME
> records that have the same name? I was told that you can do this in
> BIND (But I have not verified this).
>
> Thanks!


You CAN make mutliple same names in DNS. After all, that's how Round Robin
works, just give each name a different IP. Curious, who told you that?

Anyway, is there somethng specific you're trying to setup that you need a
hand with or have a question on?

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I'm thinking he already has an A record named xyz and he's now trying to
create xyz as an Alias in the same zone. At least that's the way I read it

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> In news:%23g9m$(E-Mail Removed),
> Bob <(E-Mail Removed)> posted their thoughts, then I offered mine
> > Is there a reason we do not allow the creation of Host and CNAME
> > records that have the same name? I was told that you can do this in
> > BIND (But I have not verified this).
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>
> You CAN make mutliple same names in DNS. After all, that's how Round Robin
> works, just give each name a different IP. Curious, who told you that?
>
> Anyway, is there somethng specific you're trying to setup that you need a
> hand with or have a question on?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ace
>
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In news:utUyH%(E-Mail Removed),
Deji Akomolafe <deji@REMOVEPADDINGakomolafedotcom> posted their thoughts,
then I offered mine
> I'm thinking he already has an A record named xyz and he's now trying
> to create xyz as an Alias in the same zone. At least that's the way I
> read it
>

Good read. Then it can't do it. However, never tried it manually in the zone
file.

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B> Is there a reason we do not allow the creation of
B> Host and CNAME records that have the same name?

Yes.

AF> However, never tried it manually in the zone file.

The server _should_ warn about erroneous/useless "zone" file contents.

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:47:54 -0700, "Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Is there a reason we do not allow the creation of Host and CNAME records
>that have the same name? I was told that you can do this in BIND (But I have
>not verified this).

My question would be "Why do you need to?"

Jeff