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Alias for a domain name

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by rbelt_74

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is there a way to have a alias for a domain controller?

My windows 2003 domain is called JaysecHQ.local
I dont want my users to have to type in the whole string I jst want them to have to type in JaysecHQ to log in to the domain. Is this possible and how?

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by bfilmfan

Yes it is possible to create a CName (Alias) record for a domain controller. This is very commonly used for round robin DNS name records for several domain controllers, an example being ladp.mydomain.com pointing to multiple domain controllers.

See http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch8/cname.html for how CName records work.

by rbelt_74

What file and location do the cnames sit in? The explination page was unclear about that. I am guessing it is like a lmhost file but does it reside on the server or every workstation???

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