Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 17:24:26 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Steve Howe <groggy@iname.com> Cc: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net>, freebsd-questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, empey@plato2.ml.org Subject: Re: DNS problem Message-ID: <19981005172426.E27781@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981004231538.3032B-100000@abc.xyz.net>; from Steve Howe on Sun, Oct 04, 1998 at 11:29:27PM -0800 References: <19981005114842.R2545@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.981004231538.3032B-100000@abc.xyz.net>
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On Sunday, 4 October 1998 at 23:29:27 -0800, Steve Howe wrote: > >>>>> integral.on.ca A 24.112.14.35 >>> can someone clarify whether this is correct? >> Yes, it's correct. > > ok, just for the archives: > > a name is ok without a dot at the end. > a number is ok without a dot at the end. > but a name with dots needs a dot at the end. No, it's not that simple. A name with a dot on the end is absolute, like a UNIX pathname with a / at the beginning. A name without a dot on the end is relative, like a UNIX pathname without a / at the beginning. It's relative to the name of the current zone, which is specified in named.boot (version 4 of named) or named.conf (version 8). Thus, in the example (zone file for integral.on.ca), "integral.on.ca" stands for "integral.on.ca.integral.on.ca.", and "integral.on.ca." stands for "integral.on.ca." Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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