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Authored by: metafeather on Dec 21, '01 08:48:44AM

I have achieved this to work on my LAN (PC, iMac and Pismo) using the following resources.

One note - BIND is already installed as part of OSX so you don't need to download and compile it.

RESOURCES

Generic DNS HOWTO - http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html

Mac OS X specific HOWTO http://www.qwerta.com/macosx-bind-howto.html

I would also recommend using Webmin (free mature web based interface to config files similar to iTools/Mac OS X Server) to manage/configure the DNS records (http://www.webmin.com/webmin/) as it also manages Apache, PHP and MySQL and supports Mac OS X.



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Authored by: dlandrith on Dec 21, '01 08:58:36AM

The bind that comes with MacOS X is bind 8. The reason to download and install bind is to use bind 9.



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DNS HOWTO
Authored by: eldenf on Jul 04, '02 10:28:07PM

Good point... it seems pretty ridiculous to me that there is this elaborately done how-to on installing bind, when OS X COMES WITH IT PREINSTALLED!!!! Sheesh!!

Somebody needs to get a clue.

I went through the whole dang process and then noticed that there were TWO versions of bind installed on my box. Ok, so maybe I need to get a clue as well, because I should have known that... but this DNS HOWTO should definitely be revised.



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Authored by: eldenf on Jul 04, '02 10:46:00PM

Hmm, would also be nice if mac os x hints allowed stupid people like me to delete comments after they post them. Didn't see the author's comment on this until after I'd posted. DOH!!!!



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