[Dnsmasq-discuss] Does dnsmasq support cname within same domain?

[Frank Liu]

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 3:37 AM Geert Stappers via Dnsmasq-discuss <
dnsmasq-discuss at lists.thekelleys.org.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 01:01:51AM -0800, Frank Liu wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am running dnsmasq for dhcp/dns of a local test domain:
> test.example.com.
> > Everything works fine. When a dhcp client (eg: client1) comes up, it gets
> > the IP from dnsmasq, and I can dig/nslookup client1.test.example.com to
> get
> > its IP.
> >
> > When I add a cname in the same domain, eg:
> > cname=alias.test.example.com,client1.test.example.com
> >
> > dig/nslookup of alias.test.example.com only returns name
> > client1.test.example.com, not the actual IP of client1.test.example.com
> >
> > It's interesting that if I add the cname for a different domain, eg:
> > cname=alias.dummy.example.com,client1.test.example.com
> >
> > dig/nslookup of alias.dummy.example.com will return both name
> > client1.test.example.com and its IP.
> >
> > I tried a few different versions but that doesn't make a difference.
>
> Please name those different versions.
>

2.76 (Debian 9),   2.85 (Debian 11).


>
> > Is this a known issue/limitation?
>
> What is the actual question?
>

Sorry, the question is in the email Subject. I guess it isn't clear, so I
am pasting here:
Does dnsmasq support cname within same domain?

 Thanks!
Frank
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