I'd like some help configuring a local DNS server on an Xserve.
Open Directory password server needs DNS working in order to do its thing. And SMB sharing requires the password server to run properly so clients can authenticate and share files.
So far, none of this is working right because we didn't properly configure the hostname on the machine when installing. I had to go back and do that before even thinking of getting this other stuff to work.
Anyway, reverse lookups don't work for me right now. I need names on the LAN to resolve back to the server, since nothing else has a DNS entry right now, nor is it necessary just yet. They have no other DNS server on the LAN.
The name of the server is FLG. it also hosts mail and has all traffic to mail.domain.com (the real domain changed to protect the client) routed through the firewall to its IP. Right now, "host mail.domain.com" returns the external IP only. "host flg," for example, fails. "host 192.168.1.201" returns the pointers I set up for ns1, mail, and flg -- they resolve to ns1.domain.lan, etc.
Basically, this has made me realize that I just don't have a handle on DNS configuration whatsoever. The last time I edited bind config files was last year, and I didn't do a very thorough job in the first place. It was more of an exercise. Now this stuff has to work.
Do you have any ideas on what I can do to get things going? I talked with Apple support, and they just refer me to the steps in the manual, which I've followed. It still doesn't seem to work. And this is only the tip of the iceberg. Without this, none of the other stuff will work properly.
Thanks.