Search Again: Re: Upgrade to OS 10.2 wiped out my records. From: Men & Mice Support Date: Sunday, September 29, 2002 Time: 9:09:44 pm Roland, Contact support. You need immediate assistance, probably via ssh login. For the record, reinstalling QuickDNS after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.2 isn't going to restore your data, and will make it harder to recover your data. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy At 9:04 PM -0700 9/29/02, Roland Dumas wrote: >following these instructions completely fried me. It seems as though >I have no DNS at all now. Can't connect or see any records. Tried >reinstalling QDNS 4 and it didn't work. Can't connect at all. No >records, no DNS server. Nada. > > >On Sunday, Sep 29, 2002, at 20:55 US/Pacific, Men & Mice Support wrote: > >>Some of our users have reported that when upgrading their DNS >>servers to MacOS 10.2, all zones seem to disappear from the server. >>The reason for this is that the MacOS 10.2 installer installs a >>copy of BIND on the machine, and replaces one of the QuickDNS >>configuration files with its own. >> >>To fix this, you must use the Terminal to remove the files >>installed by Apple, restore the QuickDNS configuration file and >>restart the QuickDNS server, as described below. >> >>* Log onto your server machine using an account with Administrator privileges >> >>* Launch the Terminal application (In /Applications/Utilities) >> >>* Type: >> head -2 /etc/named.conf.applesaved >> >>This should print out: >> >> // >> // This file was generated by QuickDNS from Men & Mice >> >>* Then type: >> head -4 /etc/named.conf >> >>This should print out: >> >> // Declares control channels to be used by the rndc utility. >> // >> // This must be enabled on Mac OS X Server for Server Status to >>provide valid >> // information! (Remove the leading slashes to enable.) >> >>* If the output from either of these commands is not identical to the above, >> DO NOT PROCEED! Contact Men & Mice Tech Support for assistance. >> >>* Type: >> sudo tcsh >> >>* Enter your password when prompted >> >>* Type: >> mv /etc/named.conf /etc/named.menandmicesaved >> mv /etc/named.conf.applesaved /etc/named.conf >> /usr/sbin/qdnscontrol stopnamed >> /usr/sbin/qdnscontrol startnamed >> /usr/sbin/qdnscontrol stopremoted >> /usr/sbin/qdnscontrol startremoted >> rm -f /var/named/localhost.zone >> rm -f /var/named/named.ca >> rm -f /var/named/named.local >> exit >> >>That's it! The server should be back on its feet. >>____________________________________________________________________ >>Chris Buxton Men & Mice >>support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy >> >>At 1:39 PM -0700 9/29/02, Roland Dumas wrote: >>>had QDNS 4.0 running on mac server 10.1.5; just upgraded the >>>server and my records are no where to be found. Am I starting from >>>scratch?

Messages In This Thread: Upgrade to OS 10.2 wiped out my records. by Roland Dumas on Sep 29, 2002 at 1:42:28 pm Re: Upgrade to OS 10.2 wiped out my records. by Men & Mice Support on Sep 29, 2002 at 8:55:58 pm Re: Upgrade to OS 10.2 wiped out my records. by Roland Dumas on Sep 29, 2002 at 9:05:12 pm Re: Upgrade to OS 10.2 wiped out my records. by Men & Mice Support on Sep 29, 2002 at 9:09:44 pm Re: Upgrade to OS 10.2 wiped out my records. by Keith Beeby on Oct 4, 2002 at 6:23:44 am