Search Again: Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug From: Rob Gridley Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 Time: 11:56:51 am The same thing happens to me in Mac OS X. It's not caused by the DNS server at all. lookupd appears to be at fault. Rob Gridley | 416.626.1777 Systems Administrator | rob@mhzdesign.com MHz Design Communications | http://www.mhzdesign.com On 5/23/01 2:42 PM, "Administrator" <admin@aladdinsys.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > I am experiencing a DNS lookup problem and have verified it on two > different machines running Mac OS X 10.0.3. It appears that the OS's > DNS lookup is case-sensitive when it shouldn't be. Is there any > possiblity that this is caused by my DNS server? Also, is anyone else > having the same problem? A quick test would be to go to > www.FaxBee.com. If it fails, go to www.faxbee.com. The second option > works for me but the first does not. Also, on www.faxbee.com, the > graphics don't load because they are linked to www.Danowitz.com which > fails because of the capital "D". > > Using Mac OS X's Lookupd as described here: > > <http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n24902> > > These searches should all be successful, but only the one in > lower-case letters is. > >>>> > % lookupd -d > lookupd version 208.1 (root 2001.04.26 20:41:08 UTC) > Enter command name, "help", or "quit" to exit > >> agent: DNS > >> hostWithName: apple.com > Dictionary: "D-0x000658f0" > _lookup_DNS_domain: com > _lookup_DNS_server: 216.52.26.204 > _lookup_DNS_time_to_live: 86400 > _lookup_DNS_timestamp: 990641785 > _lookup_info_system: DNS > ip_address: 17.254.3.183 > name: apple.com > >> hostWithName: Apple.com > nil > >> hostWithName: aPple.com > nil > >> hostWithName: apPle.com > nil > >> hostWithName: appLe.com > nil > >> hostWithName: applE.com > nil > >> hostWithName: APPLE.COM > nil >

Messages In This Thread: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Administrator on May 23, 2001 at 11:43:45 am Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Rob Gridley on May 23, 2001 at 11:56:51 am Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Aaron Lynch on May 24, 2001 at 1:20:59 am Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Men & Mice Support on May 24, 2001 at 1:45:19 am Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Jim Grisham on May 24, 2001 at 2:14:56 am Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Aaron Lynch on May 24, 2001 at 2:17:24 am Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by David M. Dantowitz on May 24, 2001 at 5:21:41 am Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Warren Michelsen on May 24, 2001 at 7:56:09 pm Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Men & Mice Support on May 24, 2001 at 8:03:07 pm Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Administrator on Jul 11, 2001 at 9:43:27 am Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Aaron Lynch on Jul 11, 2001 at 1:02:24 pm Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Stonewall Ballard on Jul 11, 2001 at 7:39:31 pm Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by David M. Dantowitz on Jul 11, 2001 at 7:50:29 pm Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Aaron Lynch on Jul 11, 2001 at 9:09:46 pm Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by David M. Dantowitz on Jul 11, 2001 at 9:11:21 pm Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Aaron Lynch on Jul 11, 2001 at 9:34:04 pm Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Administrator on Jul 12, 2001 at 9:32:27 am Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Men & Mice Support on Jul 13, 2001 at 2:09:06 am Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Administrator on Jul 13, 2001 at 1:54:46 pm Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Aaron Lynch on Jul 13, 2001 at 1:57:19 pm Re: MacOS X Case-Sensitive DNS lookup bug by Men & Mice Support on Jul 16, 2001 at 5:09:04 am