On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 01:45:15PM -0400, Robert Heller wrote: > At Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:55:33 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > I am having a debate with one of my clients where I administer their > > domain and storage server but the website is hosted by godaddy. > > Again, the standard practice in the industry is for name.org and > > www.name.org to be "tied" together. The primary domain is mydomain.org and you > > Anyone out there that can shed some light on this? > > Do most domains keep the Top Level Domain (TLD) the same as the www.TLD? > Some do, some don't. Some have a redirect from TLD to www.TLD, some This is the correct answer; "some do, some don't". It's perfectly possible to have the domain and www.domain A records point to different places, or to have them point to the same place. HOWEVER: It's the _client_ who is requesting this. They want both domains to go to the same web site. If you're not using the domain A record for anything else, then just do it. If you're using the A record for other reasons then perhaps put up a redirect or explain to the client the consequences of changing the A record. Basically, with no good reason not to, don't argue with the client :-) Only argue if you have a good reason! -- rgds Stephen