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Date:      Mon, 20 Jul 1998 16:57:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        David Turner <turner@ccinyc.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dns
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807201657240.16885-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35B39D9C.6C93@ccinyc.com>

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On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, David Turner wrote:

> I am currently trying to configure (for the first time) DNS on a server
> running Freebsd 2.2.5 . I got it to work for http://winsprinter.com
> however I can't get to the site by http://www.winsprinter.com . How do I
> set up www as an alias?

Add a CNAME entry to the zone file, increase the serial number, and
restart named.

A line like

www		CNAME	winsprinter.com

should do it for you (assuming winsprinter.com has an A record).

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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