Search Again: Re: dns problem resolution? From: Scott Haneda Date: Monday, November 1, 2004 Time: 3:45:23 pm on 11/1/04 1:51 PM, Men & Mice Support at cbuxton@menandmice.com wrote: > We're working along these same lines, but initial tests have not been > uniformly positive. > > If you want to try this as described, a few changes will be required > to work within the framework provided by QuickDNS. I'm going to > assume you're using QuickDNS 4.6.1, since if you're using an earlier > version either you need to update (for free if you're using version > 4.5 or later), or you're probably not having this problem (since > you're using BIND 8). > > Instead of modifying /System/Library/StartupItems/BIND/BIND, you'll > need to modify /Library/StartupItems/QuickDNS/named. Look for a line > like this, near the top: > > PARAMS="" > > Add -4 inside the quotes, like this: > > PARAMS="-4" > > This takes care of settings for both starting and restarting. To > activate it, simply execute this (with root privileges): > > /Library/StartupItems/QuickDNS/named restart Please be aware, this will fail under BIND 9.2.x, the -4 flag does not work with that version, you need to update to BIND 9.3.0, for which I hope men and mice release a simple to install version. I built it myself on another machine, and it indeed did fix the problem, but I am not sure it will play nice with QDNS or not. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Haneda Tel: 415.898.2602 <http://www.newgeo.com> Fax: 313.557.5052 <scott@newgeo.com> Novato, CA U.S.A.

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