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Question "Setting SRV records from the web", by Arnaud B.

I tried to set some SRV records to setup a Jabber service with no luck (using "normal" or "expert" web interface). This is what I'm trying to do :

_jabber._tcp.my_domain.com.      86400 IN SRV 5 0 5269 host.some_other_domain.com.

[…] I'm unsure that it is possible to do this from the web interface, since it keeps changing what I've just typed in the expert interface removing "my_domain.com." when I submit the zone form.

Answer, by Arthur Pierce P.

You're overspecifying: a proper zone file leaves implicit the ".my_domain.com." on the left hand side, so that it can be reused for multiple domains.

Gandi is being silently helpful by leaving just the subdomain-level hostnames on the left. It's doing the right thing. Since it's not touching or complaining about the SRV records, I'll bet it'll work.

Last modified: 17 Sep 2009 at 19:16 by Arthur Pierce P.