if [ "${DNSSSERVER:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; thento only include two "S" characters instead of three. Then go change NO to YES in the /etc/hostconfig file to get named to start correctly.
Read the rest of the article for more on named, bind, and sendmail...
Once you've made the first two changes, go to /var/named/localhost.zone and add the names of your local machines:
bubba A 192.168.1.2It wouldn't hurt to also add them to /var/named/named.local.
jones A 192.168.1.3
Next go to the "Network" control panel and create a new location. For the DNS server, enter "127.0.0.1" and for the search domain enter "localhost". Then reboot or run:
% /usr/sbin/namedto get it going immediately.
sendmail also works this time around. I did a:
% chmod g-w /to make it happy. Then I set all my email accounts to use "localhost" as the SMTP server. Make sure to edit the:
/etc/mail/local-host-namesfile and add the local machine and the usual suspects on your local network (if you want them to use you as the SMTP gateway):
localhostAlthough it appeared to work better when it was first loaded, 10.2 quickly forgot about its favorite internet applications and started using Internet Exploder. So you need to go do the old tricks in /System -> Library -> PreferencePanes -> Internet.prefPane -> Contents -> Resources -> English.lproj -> DefaultHelperApps.plist.
bubba
jones
these few things make all the difference. Of course, all this should be done as root:
% sudo su

