o.k. then why doesn't the slaved NS and MX records have this trailing dot in the powerdns database?
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Marc Haber <mh+pdns-us...@zugschlus.de> wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:17:24AM +0200, Emiel van Berlo wrote: >> The PowerDNS manual has a BIG warning that it's forbidden to have a >> trailing dot on domainnames. > > I guess that means the internal database format. To my understanding, > the period must be present in the DNS packet. > >> To my opinion, something goes wrong with the slave setup and the zone >> transfer, or the manual is outdated. > > I think you have misunderstood. When you directly write into the > databases, using a trailing period is contraproductive. > > Greetings > Marc > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header > Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 31958061 > Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 31958062 _______________________________________________ Pdns-users mailing list Pdns-users@mailman.powerdns.com http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-users
