Search Again: Re: OS X Server Wrecked My QDNS Pro From: Michael Wise Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2002 Time: 8:58:29 am That did the trick...THANKS!!! I had tried reinstalling it, but w/o completely removing it first. --Mike >Have you reinstalled QuickDNS? The Mac OS X Server installer no doubt >stomped on significant portions of QuickDNS and its data. > >Remove QuickDNS Server and Remote entirely from the machine, then >reinstall it. Note that you'll have to enter your zones again >afterward. > >To remove QuickDNS Server and Remote, execute these commands in a >Terminal window (one line at a time): > >sudo -s >/usr/sbin/qdnscontrol stop >rm -r /var/named >rm -r /etc/named.conf* >rm -r /Library/Receipts/QuickDNS* >rm -r /System/Library/StartupItems/QuickDNS >rm -r /usr/sbin/qdns* >rm -r /usr/sbin/named* >exit > >The first line will open a root shell, so that you don't have to keep >typing "sudo" on every line. You will need to be using an >administrator account, and you will need to enter your login >password. The last line closes the root shell. The other lines delete >all of the necessary files. > >There may be a few errors produced by these commands. If so, you can >safely ignore them. > >Once you've completed these steps, reboot (just to be safe), then >install QuickDNS Server again. Everything should work normally from >there on. >____________________________________________________________________ >Chris Buxton Men & Mice >support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy > >At 10:10 PM -0800 1/7/02, Michael Wise wrote: >>Greetings, I have been running QDNS Pro 3.5.1 just fine on a G4 >>tower running OS X 10.1.2 client. >> >>Today, I installed OS X Server on top of the client and am now back >>at 10.1.2 Server version. >> >>Everything is working fine except for QDNS. All the QDNS primary and >>secondary zone info I had created in the past was wiped out. I then >>recreated all the zone info from back up, but as soon as I restart, >>I log back in with QDNS manager, and all my zone info is gone again. >> >>Am I doing something wrong???? >> >> >> >>--Mike

Messages In This Thread: OS X Server Wrecked My QDNS Pro by Michael Wise on Jan 7, 2002 at 10:10:43 pm Re: OS X Server Wrecked My QDNS Pro by Men & Mice Support on Jan 8, 2002 at 5:15:26 am Re: OS X Server Wrecked My QDNS Pro by Michael Wise on Jan 8, 2002 at 8:58:29 am