Should current hostname and DNS HostName match exactly, including upper and lower case?

[asdl]

Newbie question on MacMini Server (SLS) setup:

I’ve gone through the guided setup for and the server is appearing fine on my home network. VNC remote login works fine, the client-based Workgroup Manager and Server Admin tools work fine, but I wonder if I’ve got the DNS setup right.

When I do checkhostname, I get

primary address: 192.168.1.11
Current Hostname: familynet.home
DNS HostName: FamilyNet.home

does it matter that one is lowercase and the other is Uppler/lowercase?

Just wanting to make sure everything is OK before I blithely set up more users, directories, and services…

[macinandy]

Hi asdl, fom page 58 of DNS and Bind

fom page 58 of DNS and Bind

“The Zone Data Files
Most entries in zone data files are called DNS resource records. DNS lookups are case-insensitive, so you can enter names in your zone data files in uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case. We tend to use all lowercase. However, eventhough lookups are case-insensitive, case is preserved. That way, if you add records for Tootsie.movie.edu to your zone data, people looking up tootsie.movie.edu will find the records, but with the capital “T” in the domain name.”

Having said that I stick to all lowercase.

Cheers

[Russell123]

macinandy wrote:

Hi asdl, fom page 58 of DNS and Bind

fom page 58 of DNS and Bind

“The Zone Data Files
Most entries in zone data files are called DNS resource records. DNS lookups are case-insensitive, so you can enter names in your zone data files in uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case. We tend to use all lowercase. However, eventhough lookups are case-insensitive, case is preserved. That way, if you add records for Tootsie.movie.edu to your zone data, people looking up tootsie.movie.edu will find the records, but with the capital “T” in the domain name.”

Having said that I stick to all lowercase.

Cheers

Thanks man for your useful information it also help me great as i am also newbie

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