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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings all pdns users.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I already posted my problem regarding this issue. I
already fixed part of my problem by putting a standard A record for each of my
domains.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, problem is still present. Ive got a little
more data to share with you now.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My goal is to set a simple CNAME for <A
href="http://www.mydomain.com">www.mydomain.com</A> -> webunix.mydomain.com.
webunix.mydomain.com is associates to an 'A' record, with</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a very short TTL. If my server goes down, I can
then simply change the IP for this A record, and bingo, web is up on the new
server.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Im using the mysql backend. In my records, ive got
this :</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>zesolution.com
A 65.39.170.60</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>webunix.zesolution.com
A 65.39.170.60</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.zesolution.com">www.zesolution.com</A> CNAME
webunix.zesolution.com</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>othersub.zesolution.com
CNAME webunix.zesolution.com</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>someothersub.zesolution.com
CNAME webunix.zesolution.com</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not of the sub domains are resolving, and it seams
CNAMEs are the cause of it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>See this dig output, querying directly my
nameserver :</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>; <<>> DiG 9.2.0 <<>> <A
href="http://www.zesolution.com">www.zesolution.com</A> @65.39.170.61<BR>;;
global options: printcmd<BR>;; Got answer:<BR>;; ->>HEADER<<-
opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 14096<BR>;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1,
ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>;; QUESTION
SECTION:<BR>;www.zesolution.com.
IN A</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>
^^^^^^^^^ (What is this?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>;; AUTHORITY
SECTION:<BR>zesolution.com.
3600 IN
SOA ns1.zesolution.com. hostmaster.zesolution.com.
2003082707 10800 3600 604800 3600</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>;; Query time: 1 msec<BR>;; SERVER:
65.39.170.61#53(65.39.170.61)<BR>;; WHEN: Wed Aug 27 03:26:25 2003<BR>;; MSG
SIZE rcvd: 101<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And another dig output, now requesting any type of
records ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>; <<>> DiG 9.2.0 <<>> <A
href="http://www.zesolution.com">www.zesolution.com</A> @65.39.170.61 -t
ANY<BR>;; global options: printcmd<BR>;; Got answer:<BR>;;
->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 50895<BR>;; flags:
qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>;; QUESTION
SECTION:<BR>;www.zesolution.com.
IN ANY</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>;; ANSWER SECTION:<BR><A
href="http://www.zesolution.com">www.zesolution.com</A>.
3600 IN CNAME
webunix.zesolution.com.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>;; Query time: 1 msec<BR>;; SERVER:
65.39.170.61#53(65.39.170.61)<BR>;; WHEN: Wed Aug 27 03:30:40 2003<BR>;; MSG
SIZE rcvd: 58<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </DIV>
<DIV>Im confused ... is it that my powerdns is missed-configured in some
way ? </DIV>
<DIV>Or that what im trying to acheived with CNAME is simply not possible
?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks a bunch people.<BR></DIV></FONT>
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