On 2007-02-27 Dan Shoop wrote:
> At 6:22 PM +0100 2/27/07, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
>> On 2007-02-27 Dan Shoop wrote:
>>> At 4:01 PM -0400 2/26/07, Mac OS X Server Administrator wrote:
>>>> Something I've noticed is that it's creating PTR records.
>>>
>>> Yes, they are a requirement for FQDNs and for Mac OS X.
>>
>> Which does not mean they have to be created on the same server.
>>
>>>> It shouldn't be,
>>>
>>> Yes it should.
>>
>> No. If you don't own the IP address range - like, say, the OP -
>> you're not authoritative for the reverse lookups, and therefore not
>> supposed to create the PTR records. Of course one should make sure
>> the records exist (i.e. have the owner of the address range create
>> them), but that's a different story.
>
> This misses the point of FQDNs and DNS and Mac OS X.
>
> YOU don't have to be authoritative for the CIDR block to be able to
> provide the PTR that OS X requires. YOU just have to be able to
> provide the information. YOU do not to provide this information to
> OTHERS.
>
> That is you can have split horizons.
M-hm. I can have split DNS in Server Admin (which is - need I remind
you - what the OP wanted to use)? Pray tell how do I configure split
DNS in OS X without manually editing the DNS config?
> So: "Yes, it should" or more accurately "Yes, YOU should" have PTRs
> for ALL of your hosts that OS X needs to reference. Otherwise you
> dont' have FQDNs.
I MUST create PTR records regardless of whether I'm authoritative for
the address range and regardless of whether the authoritative DNS
already provides the PTR records? So in a situation where I'm not
authoritative I MUST manually configure split DNS instead of just using
the PTR records provided by the authoritative DNS? o_O
*Please* tell me OS X isn't THAT broken.
Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
--
"Another option [for defragmentation] is to back up your important files,
erase the hard disk, then reinstall Mac OS X and your backed up files."
--http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25668
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