On 2007-02-27 Dan Shoop wrote:
> At 3:43 PM -0400 2/27/07, Mac OS X Server Administrator wrote:
>> On 27/02/07, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <email@hidden> 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.
>>
>> That's right, Ansgar; the server is colocated, and we're not
>> responsible, so my understanding is that we shouldn't have those
>> PTRs...
>>
>> Is that true, Dan, or am I still being wooly?
>
> No you MUST have PTRs and they MUST match.
The question is not whether PTR records are required, but who must
provide them. And I sure hope it's sufficient for OS X when the server
authoritative for the address range provides them, because everything
else would be utterly braindead.
> How you do this is an implementation detail and a matter of separate
> discussion.
Nope, it's the exact subject of *this* discussion, because ...
> And YES you can do this.
... the OP was asking HOW to deal with automatically created PTR records
WITHOUT having to stop using Server Admin.
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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