[Pdns-users] Autodiscover SRV Record splitting hairs :)

[ktm at rice.edu]

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 06:34:38PM +0000, Norman wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> I have zones that get transferred from a bind server to a Powerdns
> Mysql back-end on a second server. All records transfer just
> fine...except for the Autodiscover SRV record. The record itself
> registers correctly:
> _autodiscover._tcp.testing29.com  SRV  0 443
> autodiscovery.testing29.com  14400  0
> 
> but...Powerdns splits the SRV record and produces an extra record/row
> in the database, with only the id, domain id, name and type filled in:
> _tcp.test1.testing29.com  A  NULL NULL NULL NULL
> 
> Is there a remedy for this? If not, what would be a cron-compatible
> Mysql command to delete those unwanted records from the database as
> the Mysql root user?
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Norman
> 

Hi Norman,

That is a normal record created/needed to support DNSSEC. Please do
not delete it. I was concerned the first time I saw them because I
thought the AXFR process was broken by a patch that I had written.

Regards,
Ken