A CNAME record cannot coexist with other resource records in the same zone.

[Tjikkun]

Hi,

when trying to add an alias (any alias) to a domain I get the error:
Error: A CNAME record cannot coexist with other resource records in the same zone.
What can I do to fix this?

Extra info: I just renamed the domain, we don't use DNS

 

[elger]

I have the same problem in plesk 8.6.0

I removed all A and CNAME records for example.com and then added a CNAME for example.com => otherexample.com

I keep getting the error:
A CNAME record cannot coexist with other resource records in the same zone.

I think the error is an error

 

[Linulex]

no this is not an error, this is dns design.

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1912.txt section 2.4:
"A CNAME record is not allowed to coexist with any other data."

a good explanation is on this page: http://www.simpledns.com/kb.aspx?kbid=1176

regards
Jan