Can the DNRD master file contain multiple records for a name?

Question

I am trying to get DNRD to serve certain records from the master file in a round robin manner.

I have tried several combinations e.g.:

1.1.1.1 hostnameA
2.2.2.2 hostnameA

1.1.1.1 2.2.2.2 hostnameA

1.1.1.1, 2.2.2.2 hostnameA

1.1.1.1,2.2.2.2 hostnameA

Still nothing works. It is not stated in the man pages whether this is even possible or not and I can not find any other examples online.

Please note this question is not about the resolver/forwarding nameservers round robin option.

@mailq Like I wrote I do not know if this is even supported in DNRD. I was hoping others had got this work for them. — mr-euro, Sep 26 '11 at 11:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '11 at 22:47

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No, it isn't supported. I looked at the latest sources, in particular master.c line 846 where an response to an A query is made.

846     else if (query.type == DNS_TYPE_A) {
847         if ((rec = name_lookup(query.name)) != NULL) {

answered Oct 04 '11 at 22:47

Mark Wagner

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