Users cannot login to home directory

[jsalda]

We had to move all of the home folders to a different volume over the weekend, so I went into Workgroup Manager, setup the new share point and pointed the users to the new directory. Previously, the home directories were listed in this format, “afp//:192.168.0.1/user.” Well, when I pointed to the new volume, the format changed to “afp//x5/user.” I tried even manually pointing to the directory using the IP address to no avail. When the user logs on, it gives them the message that they cannot be logged on because the home folder is on an AFP or SMB server.

I’ve logged into a local admin account on a client machine and can mount the user home directory using the connect to server option. I’ve reset the LDAP on the clients, Directory Access.app sees the server just fine.

DNS seems to have something screwy, somewhere (like you didn’t see that coming.) If I ping x5.local or x5.testdomain.com, it resolves the local IP address. If I ping x5, it goes to the external IP of the companies website. Under the DNS panel in Server Admin, Machines tab, I’ve listed “www” and the external IP address so that the employees can get to the company website which is hosted elsewhere. The local domain and the web domain are set exactly the same name. If I issue the command, host x5.testdomain.com from the server,I get the following response:

x5.testdomain.com is an alias for testdomain.com.
testdomain.com has address 216.58.x.x

So, what can I do to get the users back online first of all, then fix the DNS?

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