<![CDATA[DNS Resolver and host override aliases]]>AFter updating to pfSense 2.3(.1?) I lost the ability to add/edit aliases for host overrides.
I have a local server override with several aliases, and when I try to add a new one in 2.3.1 all aliases are lost.

With a previous config (created on an earlier version) all aliases show up in the list and the resolver is handling them fine.

Is this a bug?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/100445/dns-resolver-and-host-override-aliasesRSS for NodeSun, 07 Jun 2026 04:41:16 GMTTue, 24 May 2016 19:33:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to DNS Resolver and host override aliases on Sun, 05 Jun 2016 19:08:24 GMT]]>I figured it out.

I had an override for a specific host name, where the first alias was blank, aka the domain root.
This worked with previous versions, but once upgraded to 2.3 this became a problem as the blank field probably where checked when looking for any aliases. Blank means none, everything deleted and so on.

I switched the blank value and the specific host name, making the domain root the main override and the original host name an alias, and everything worked perfectly.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/629688https://forum.netgate.com/post/629688Sun, 05 Jun 2016 19:08:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to DNS Resolver and host override aliases on Mon, 30 May 2016 17:33:55 GMT]]>Did you try try what I did in my post?

Can you attach a image of what you want to add? But results in nothing upon saving?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/628400https://forum.netgate.com/post/628400Mon, 30 May 2016 17:33:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to DNS Resolver and host override aliases on Mon, 30 May 2016 09:00:35 GMT]]>Allright, thanks for replying.

I'll take a closer look tonight, you might be right that about some config error.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/628252https://forum.netgate.com/post/628252Mon, 30 May 2016 09:00:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to DNS Resolver and host override aliases on Sat, 28 May 2016 09:37:57 GMT]]>I have aliases, running 2.3.1 and just added another one to a host, still have the other aliases, looks fine.

Sounds like you have some config corruption sort of issue if says works when you load old config.

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