[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq not returning A record for a CNAME with a server= config

Jean-Francois Pirus jfp at clearfield.com
Wed Mar 4 23:13:00 GMT 2020


The issue is as follows:

A CNAME returned by a server= specified upstream server does not return
any A record to client even though DNS is setup correctly.
(A record is from a different domain, not using the server= config)

dnsmasq server config:
server=/example.private/X.X.X.X

On upstream server X.X.X.X DNS is setup as
servername.example.private CNAME	servername.example.com.

On server Z.Z.Z.Z DNS is setup as
servername.example.com A Y.Y.Y.Y


Client queries dnsmasq server for servername.example.private
ie:
dig servername.example.private
answer is 
servername.example.private CNAME	servername.example.com.

Should be
servername.example.private CNAME	servername.example.com.
servername.example.com A Y.Y.Y.Y

Is there some setting I'm missing?

Thanks.





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