Re: [MaraDNS list] syntax and wildcards

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:28:48AM -0400, Mike Sands wrote:
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>I'm having a bit of trouble with finding the right syntax to set up a default record for a zone. I've been able to get it partially working
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>I want to respond to requests for 'example.com' with the address for 'www.example.com'
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>Using the wildcard record I've been able to get it to respond for requests that don't exist in the db file like
>'no-record.example.com' but not when a user requests just 'example.com'
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>Is there a better way to do this or is my syntax just wrong?
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>This is an example of what I have in my db file.
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>www.%  +86400                   A       10.1.10.10 ~
>*.%    +86400                   A       10.1.10.10 ~

Hi Mike,

Adding a record like

%       +86400                   A       10.1.10.10 ~

to your zone file should do the trick.

Cheers,

Remco