Upgrade to OS 10.2 wiped out my records.

Re: Upgrade to OS 10.2 wiped out my records.

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Hi,

Just to be clear does this issue affect 10.2 client AND 10.2 Server, or
just 10.2 Server?

Regards,

Keith
On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 05:08 am, Men & Mice Support wrote:

> 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?
>
>
>
Keith Beeby
Technical Director
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