Marlier, Ian wrote:
I assume order matters...the blank-host definition of the domain resolution needs to be the first A-record defined, I would guess?
I actually hadn't ever noticed that before. Interesting. Named has all sorts of funny little quirks.
Yes, because a blank host entry does _not_ mean the domain name. Instead, it means "use the same name as in the previous record" -- which works for the first A record, because the previous one was probably the SOA or some NS record for that domain. If you want to specify explicitly a record for your domain name, use "@" as a place holder for the domain name: @ IN A 192.168.0.1 works everywhere in a zone file. Most often one does this for MX records, for example. Cheers, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany