Search Again: Re: Quickdns-Talk Digest #1811 - 11/01/05 From: Men & Mice Support Date: Thursday, January 13, 2005 Time: 8:35:34 pm The problem is that there's no way to fix the window, other than to remove the fields for which QuickDNS can't gather information. The simplest way to tell if the name server is running is to send it a query. For example, on Mac OS X, you can use syntax like this: dig @server-address +norecurse If you get back a list of name servers, it's running. Chris Buxton Men & Mice - Making DNS Easy At 10:13 AM -0500 1/12/05, Rick Hedges wrote: >Chris > >Thanks for letting me know that all is as it should be. > >Will the information window be fixed? I would like a better way to know if >the DNS is running. > >Thanks, > >Rick > > >> From: "QuickDNS Talk" <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> >> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:00:01 +0000 >> To: "QuickDNS Talk" <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> >> Subject: Quickdns-Talk Digest #1811 - 11/01/05 >> >> Quickdns-Talk Digest #1811 - ri judagur, 11. januar 2005 >> >> Re: QuickDNS Running on OS X Server >> by "Men & Mice Support" <cbuxton@menandmice.com> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Re: QuickDNS Running on OS X Server >> From: "Men & Mice Support" <cbuxton@menandmice.com> >> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:18:15 -0800 >> >> The server information window problem is normal for BIND 9 - the name >> server doesn't report the necessary information to QuickDNS Remote, >> so QuickDNS Manager is unable to put numbers in these fields. >> >> The log will not normally show replies sent in answer to queries. >> >> It sounds like things are working correctly. >> >> Chris Buxton >> Men & Mice - Making DNS Easy >> >> At 11:33 AM -0500 1/10/05, Rick Hedges wrote: >>> I have OS X Server running with web and file services on. I have installed >>> QuickDNS 4.6.1.1 and have had problems getting it to run. I have reviewed >>> much of the correspondence in the archives and the latest information on >>> terminal commands to check if it is running. Initially it >>>appeared that bind >>> was not running but now I have that working and the services seem to be >>> working. However in Manager server information I only get 'Up Since' N/A, >>> 'Requests' N/A, etc. It does show Bind9, the correct IP number, protocol v. >>> 4.8 and Darwin 7.7.0. >>> >>> The log does indicate queries but no replies. >>> >>> How can I fix this? >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent using the Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac Test Drive. >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> End of Quickdns-Talk Digest >>

Messages In This Thread: Re: Quickdns-Talk Digest #1811 - 11/01/05 by Rick Hedges on Jan 12, 2005 at 7:15:33 am Re: Quickdns-Talk Digest #1811 - 11/01/05 by Men & Mice Support on Jan 13, 2005 at 8:35:34 pm