> Yes my email server is CGP on Mac OSX. Even better, is that we have an >xserve that could probably do the DNS. I hadn't thought of that before. >But before I spend a lot of time learning BIND, I'm thinking that MacDNS >or QuickDNS on Mac OS 9 would be a lot faster to learn & implement.
Take a quick look at OS X server's DNS host. I just glanced at the one on my test 10.4 server, and I was able to grasp what it was doing in about a minute and without checking any help files. I'd likely be able to set it up and get it running in about 10 minutes with a little trial and error. I don't know which version of OS X server you have, so maybe it will be more difficult on your system (I suppose I could VPN into my office network and take a look at my 10.3 file server to see what it offers as the DNS server front end... but I'm too lazy right now). >Some of the computers are getting their IP & dns info via DHCP, but >plenty are manually entered. I agree that running an internal DNS server >will be less trouble in the long run. I'll just have to learn all about it. When you go to update the ones that have manual DNS, think about moving them to getting the DNS via DHCP as well. The Mac OS has not always been clear if it would get DNS servers via DHCP, since it leaves those fields open for input even when set to get the IP via DHCP. However, I believe in all cases, if the fields are left blank, it will use the DHCP provided info. Double check it with a test or two to be sure. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
