Re: www forward with bind

["nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org>]

<quote who="Sebastiaan">
> Hello,
>
> I use bind for my domain and I am trying to forward any www queries
> to the providers' server. So suppose my domain name is domain.com,
> I want that every www.domain.com is redirected to
> www.me.provider.com.
>
> I have tried various variations in the zone files, like:
> www             IN      CNAME	www.me.provider.com.

your syntax is incorrect. try:


www.mydomain.com.           IN CNAME  www.me.provider.com.

note the full domain at both sides of the entry, and the
period at the end of both domains.

i do this all the time on BIND 8 and it works fine. try
it out.

nate