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* 10800 IN A 83.231.225.3
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My DNS zone file contains (amongst other things)
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client-rackspacetemp 10800 IN A 5.79.33.240
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client-contentintegration2 900 IN CNAME client-rackspacetemp
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   * 10800 IN A 83.231.225.3
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   client-rackspacetemp 10800 IN A 5.79.33.240
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   client-contentintegration2 900 IN CNAME client-rackspacetemp
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But I get the following from bash:
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   [owen@plum ~]$ host client-contentintegration2.id-staging.com
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   client-contentintegration2.id-staging.com has address 83.231.225.3
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   client-contentintegration2.id-staging.com is an alias for client-rackspacetemp.id-staging.com.
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   client-contentintegration2.id-staging.com is an alias for client-rackspacetemp.id-staging.com.
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   [owen@plum ~]$ host client-rackspacetemp.id-staging.com
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   client-rackspacetemp.id-staging.com has address 5.79.33.240
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   [owen@plum ~]$ ping client-contentintegration2.id-staging.com
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   PING client-contentintegration2.id-staging.com (83.231.225.3): 56 data bytes
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   ^C
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If the DNS has replicated enough for bash to recognise the CNAME alias, why is it pinging the IP from the * A record, not the client-rackspacetemp A record?