[Dnsmasq-discuss] cname apparently not working

[Simon Kelley]

Christoph .J Thompson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I can't seem to get cname to work for me. Maybe I'm doing something I'm not
> suposed to, but it's not obvious to me. I'm running Linux 2.6. Any help to
> fix this issue would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --- dnsmasq.conf
> 
> domain-needed
> bogus-priv
> 
> local=/eth/
> 
> except-interface=eth0
> 
> expand-hosts
> 
> domain=mylan.eth
> 
> #eth1
> dhcp-range=192.168.7.5,192.168.7.254,12h
> #eth2
> dhcp-range=192.168.8.5,192.168.8.254,12h
> #wlan0
> dhcp-range=192.168.9.5,192.168.9.254,12h
> 
> dhcp-option=option:ntp-server,192.168.7.4
> 
> dhcp-host=00:1e:8c:44:b7:a2,machineone
> cname=www,machine
> cname=wiki,machine
> cname=forum,machine
> 
> dhcp-host=00:1b:5e:ee:ca:b5,00:22:33:a2:b5:d6,machinetwo
> 
> dhcp-host=00:99:aa:a2:4d:6e,machinethree
> 
> --- hosts
> 
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> 192.168.7.1     gw2
> 192.168.7.3     router
> 192.168.7.4     ntp
> 192.168.8.1     gw3
> 192.168.9.1     gw4
> 192.168.6.1     dsl
> 
> --- command line
> 
> $ host machineone
> machineone.mylan.eth   	A	192.168.7.222
>  !!! machineone.mylan.eth A record has zero TTL
> 
> $ host machinethree
> machinethree.mylan.eth   	A	192.168.8.132
>  !!! machinethree.mylan.eth A record has zero TTL
> 
> $ host www
>  !!! www.mylan.eth does not exist, try an authoritative server
> 
> $ host wiki 
>  !!! wiki.mylan.eth does not exist, try an authoritative server
> 
> 

expand-hosts doesn't apply to CNAMEs, you need to provide the FQDN in 
the cname

cname=forum.mylan.eth,machine


etc,etc


HTH

Simon.