allowing users to type in just the domain name not www

[NetworkDOC]

I have in the past been able to allow users the ability to type in just a domain name. For example.

From a browser a user can type in mydomain.com and it will resolve to the default web site. On the systems I have seen this work it was referenced using an @ symbol for this entry.

ON Windows 2003 DNS I don;t see how to do this. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[nsantin]

In MS DNS just create a blank A record in the forward zone.

 

[shadedecho]

the problem here could be in either of 2 areas, or both.

1. there does in fact need to be an A record for your domain. In BIND terminolgy, this would look like:

@ A xx.xx.xx.xx

2. if your webserver is apache: if it's doing virtual hosting, you need to make sure the "ServerName" is the domain name, and there is also a "ServerAlias" with the "www.[mydomainname]" in it. if you are on something other than apache, you'll just need to make sure that basically both the domain name and the subdomain www. resolve the same website.