On Oct 26, 2013, at 4:56 PM, Jerry Levan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does Safari do something wonky with name to ip lookups?
>From what I can tell, the answer is a definite -- Yes. I can't tell you how many times I have typed incorrect or incomplete "names" and have had them "work, as expected" although not correctly. (Especially true for websites I have previously visited.) One presumes that this is part and parcel of the "make this a 'user friendly' experience" concept. Easy example -- type "apple.com" and you go to "www.apple.com" -- instead of failing, as it should. (And these situations are NOT my ISP being "helpful" -- that brings up a separate page of "suggestions.") Short of "reseting" Safari, I don't know WHERE to find the information it is using. I suppose that deleting ~Library/caches/com.apple.safari* (there are several) and ~Library/Safari and ~Library/preferences/com.apple.safari* (again there are multiple) -- is equivalent to using the drop-down "Reset", but I don't know. As for the loss of the various Nameserver software... This doesn't surprise me. Those files were likely in "system directories" -- the Upgrade to a new OS release tends to simply "overwrite" those things which the user is not supposed to be modifying.... resetting them to the "Apple Way." This is undoubtedly compounded by the fact that 10.9 is NOT compatible with earlier versions of OSX Server, and requires you to install a new (and charged for) version of OSX Server. Meaning -- the Update installer "knows" that all those BIND related directories have to be "updated," so it's best to just make them go away. And for what it's worth. I would strongly recommend using OSX Server for your name service. It works, is kept current with security patches, and is simply easier to deal with than using MacPorts! BTW... for whatever reason the AppStore is "supposed" to provide the Command Line tools for use with Xcde 5.0.1. However, it seems to (still) be failing "not available"... simply download them from the Developer's download page. T.T.F.N. William H. Magill # iMac11,3 Core i7 [2.93GHz - 8 GB 1067MHz] OS X 10.9 # Macmini6,1 Intel Core i5 [2.5 Ghz - 4GB 1600MHz] OS X 10.8.5 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
