OSX Snow Leopard DNS questions

Spectre Shepard · Spectre Shepard #1 (**permalink**)

09-10-2010, 07:16 AM

Hi All

I am new to OSX Server but have network and windows server experience but decided to move to OSX Server.

I have bought myself a mac mini server with snow leopard server. I dont have BB yet since I have just mvoed but thought I'd set up my new server just on my local subnet (192.168.0.x) so I can create a Open Directory Master to authenticate my MacBook Air (when it arrives) and run a small network\domain for my business.

I am still in the process of buying my domain name and when I get my broadband set up again I'll set up the DNS for the WWW but for now I am ust trying to set up DNS on my local network so I can connect to my server via its FQDN and not its IP.

Anyway I seem to be having trouble with setting up the DNS part of this whole operation. When I tried to set up an Open Directory Master I got an error sayig it couldnt create it and I need to check the logs, I checked the log and it errored out on not being able to start the SLDAP process which seems to suggest something is wrong with my DNS set up.

I enabled DNS during my server build to run on my server, so my Zones look like

Primary Zone LookUp
ServerName ServerName.Domain.Com

I also have a reverse zone set up.

Now I cant seem to resolve my servers FQDN of ServerName.Domain.Com, only its Server.Local and IP work.

Any suggestions or pointers here will be really helpfull.

Smudger · Smudger #2 (**permalink**)

09-11-2010, 05:02 AM

I'm not impressed with SL Server set up wizard with respect to DNS. It doesn't seem logical to me to the extent that I've had to reload the s/w 5 times on a Mac MiniServer!

For instance: (in Server Admin/DNS/Zones) the wizard, to my simple mind, incorrectly sets up a reverse zone for the server as 230.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. When I want to add others machines i.e. A records, to the list Server Admin correctly creates the A record and creates the reverse zone 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. which should have been created for the server. as that is part of the network 192.168.0.0/24

So I can't offer any suggestions but you have my sympathy!!!

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Spectre Shepard #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 10, 2010 Posts: 1	09-10-2010, 07:16 AM Hi All I am new to OSX Server but have network and windows server experience but decided to move to OSX Server. I have bought myself a mac mini server with snow leopard server. I dont have BB yet since I have just mvoed but thought I'd set up my new server just on my local subnet (192.168.0.x) so I can create a Open Directory Master to authenticate my MacBook Air (when it arrives) and run a small network\domain for my business. I am still in the process of buying my domain name and when I get my broadband set up again I'll set up the DNS for the WWW but for now I am ust trying to set up DNS on my local network so I can connect to my server via its FQDN and not its IP. Anyway I seem to be having trouble with setting up the DNS part of this whole operation. When I tried to set up an Open Directory Master I got an error sayig it couldnt create it and I need to check the logs, I checked the log and it errored out on not being able to start the SLDAP process which seems to suggest something is wrong with my DNS set up. I enabled DNS during my server build to run on my server, so my Zones look like Primary Zone LookUp ServerName ServerName.Domain.Com I also have a reverse zone set up. Now I cant seem to resolve my servers FQDN of ServerName.Domain.Com, only its Server.Local and IP work. Any suggestions or pointers here will be really helpfull.
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Smudger #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 25, 2009 Location: Plaistow, W.Sx. UK Posts: 22 Mac Specs: iMac 8,1 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB, SL 10.6.4	09-11-2010, 05:02 AM I'm not impressed with SL Server set up wizard with respect to DNS. It doesn't seem logical to me to the extent that I've had to reload the s/w 5 times on a Mac MiniServer! For instance: (in Server Admin/DNS/Zones) the wizard, to my simple mind, incorrectly sets up a reverse zone for the server as 230.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. When I want to add others machines i.e. A records, to the list Server Admin correctly creates the A record and creates the reverse zone 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. which should have been created for the server. as that is part of the network 192.168.0.0/24 So I can't offer any suggestions but you have my sympathy!!!
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