When I add this line to my zone record: subdomain.example.org. IN TXT "some text here", my syslog reports the zone can't reload due to errors. subodmain IN TXT "some text here" also fails.
The zone reloads fine without this line.
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1Can you show the actual error (and actual record if the above is not it)? – Håkan Lindqvist Sep 16 '20 at 16:31
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in syslog, the error is ` dns_master_load: /etc/bind/zones/example.org.hosts:30: subdomain.example.org: CNAME and other data` – StevieD Sep 16 '20 at 16:36
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I don't know what you mean by actual record. You mean the non-anonymized one? – StevieD Sep 16 '20 at 16:37
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3Sounds like the name where you try to add the `TXT` record is an alias (has a `CNAME` record). A name cannot both be an alias and have data of its own, so this is expected. – Håkan Lindqvist Sep 16 '20 at 16:38
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1Use `named-checkzone` to test the zone. – Patrick Mevzek Sep 16 '20 at 21:03
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Based on the error message posted in the comments:
dns_master_load: /etc/bind/zones/example.org.hosts:30: subdomain.example.org: CNAME and other data
It appears that the name where you are trying to add the TXT record is an alias (has a CNAME record).
A name cannot both be an alias and have data of its own, so this error is the expected outcome if you try to add any other records.
(The TXT record listed in the question would otherwise be fine.)
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