On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Jonathan Grotegut <[email protected]>wrote:
> Only use one DNS server? > Yeah, but then I would have to setup forwarding. It will work I suppose but I really want OSX to work the correct way. > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Grant Shipley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Yeah, I hear ya on the hosts file. The problem is my application > > dynamically creates cname records for every application that is deployed. > > Before the application is marked as created, the localhost has to be > able > > to resolve it. I can't add it to my /etc/hosts file fast enough. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:03 PM, S. Dale Morrey <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > Ok I might be a total noob with OS/X & BSD in general, but wouldn't a > > hosts > > > file override anything in DNS? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Grant Shipley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I know this is a linux list but I am at the end of my rope on this > one. > > > I > > > > can't for the life of me figure out how dns resolution works in OSX > > > > Mavericks 10.9. > > > > > > > > Scenario: > > > > > > > > I have a PaaS setup in a test environment on openstack and I used the > > > > domain name of example.com for my domain. This is fine as I setup a > > > bind > > > > dns server to resolve all of those hosts for me. On windows and > linux > > > its > > > > as easy as adding the dns server I created to the top of the list in > > > > /etc/resolv.conf. > > > > > > > > Enter OSX. > > > > > > > > First of all, /etc/resolv.conf isn't respected on the mac so you have > > to > > > > add manual entries of dns server in the network gui. I did this but > it > > > > still doesn't work. dig returns the right info and pulls it from my > > dns > > > > server. ping returns different results. I start to pull my hair > out. > > > > > > > > So then I google for about 19 straight hours and find that DNS on OSX > > > uses > > > > mDNSResponder. And I then found this little nugget: > > > > > > > > https://discussions.apple.com/message/10546115#10546115 > > > > > > > > " > > > > 2) mDNSResponder does not honor DNS server ordering > > > > > > > > While not explicitly documented, in Mac OS X versions earlier than > Snow > > > > Leopard, DNS servers, whether specified manually or via DHCP, were > > > queried > > > > in the order they were provided. For manual specification, this means > > in > > > > the order shown in the appropriate Network preferences pane tab, and > > for > > > > DHCP users in the order specified by the DHCP server. > > > > > > > > This is no longer true in Mac OS X Snow Leopard; instead > mDNSResponder > > > now > > > > seems to occasionally change the order in which it queries DNS > servers > > > from > > > > that in which they were specified. > > > > " > > > > > > > > Great. Thanks for not respecting the order Apple. I enjoy putting > my > > > dns > > > > servers on a dart board and seeing which one I hit. > > > > > > > > So then I find another little nugget that says you can override this > > by: > > > > > > > > sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :StrictUnicastOrdering bool > true" > > > > /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, well that doesn't work either. > > > > > > > > So anyone know how to enforce dns ordering on OSX? > > > > > > > > And before you suggest I don't use OSX, I don't have a choice for > this > > > > particular job. > > > > > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > gs > > > > > > > > /* > > > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > > > Don't fear the penguin. > > > > */ > > > > > > > > > > /* > > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > > Don't fear the penguin. > > > */ > > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
