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Date:      Sat, 20 Jan 2001 23:54:06 -0800
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        parthasarathi biswas <parthax@yahoo.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DNS
Message-ID:  <20010120235406.Q10761@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex>
In-Reply-To: <20010121073712.13644.qmail@web803.mail.yahoo.com>; from parthax@yahoo.com on Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 11:37:12PM -0800
References:  <20010121073712.13644.qmail@web803.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 11:37:12PM -0800, parthasarathi biswas wrote:
> Hello,
> I have few queries regarding My DNS Server:
> 1.There is a strange problem in my CNAME records.It is
> not taking the last record,how many or whatsoever
> records you have.SO I had to increase my CNAME records
> to 6 eg:www,ftp,smtp,pop,mail and test.test Iam
> keeping coz the system is taking all the CNAME records
> except the last one.Why is this so??
> 
> 2.My /var/log/messages shows 2 errors:
> a)test.master.com:CNAME and OTHER DATA errors
> b)master zone "master.com" (IN) rejected due to errors
> (serial 2001012113)
> 
> what is the problem with the serial number??is the
> syntax wrong.
> Iam pasting the copy of my db.master.com file.Pls
> check and advise
> ************************************************
> 
>  ;Configuration file for the master zone "master.com"
>  ;SOA
>  master.com.		IN	SOA	partha.master.com.
>  root.master.com. (
>  					2001012113; serial(yyyymmddno)
>  					3600      ; refresh(1hours)
>  					900       ; retry(15minutes)
>  					8640000   ; expire(100days)
>  					86400 )   ; minimum(1day)
>  ;Nameserver
>  			IN	NS	partha.master.com.
>  ;A Records
>  partha			IN	A	192.168.0.1
>  ;Nicknames
>  www			IN	CNAME	partha
>  ftp			IN	CNAME	partha
>  pop			IN	CNAME	partha
>  smtp			IN	CNAME	partha
>  mail			IN	CNAME	partha
>  test			IN	CNAME	partha
>  ;Mail Records
>  			IN	MX	10  mail.master.com.

You've got an MX of a CNAME? This could be why your last CNAME is
broken. You probably want to make than an MX record for your domain,
no? 
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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