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Santa Claus - 11 Sep 2006 04:07 GMT

ok, i'll admit this probably isn't the correct place to ask this but i've been all over the system and the manuals and everywhere else i can think of.

i'm getting a constant error in my console log (every 30 minutes).

the error is as follows:
Sep 10 22:39:06 nameserver servermgrd: servermgr_dns: gethostbyaddr() and reverse DNS name do not match (nameserver.quad-g5 != nameserver.Quad-G5), various services may not function properly - use changeip to repair and/or correct DNS

doing as they suggest doesn't do any good. does anybody have any suggestions?

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toby - 11 Sep 2006 17:23 GMT

> ok, i'll admit this probably isn't the correct place to ask this but i've been all over the system and the manuals and everywhere else i can think of.
>
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>
> doing as they suggest doesn't do any good.

What did you change? Looks like a case mismatch between zone and local
hostname.

> does anybody have any suggestions?

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Simon Slavin - 13 Sep 2006 22:02 GMT

On 11/09/2006, toby wrote in message
<1157991834.356059.19910@q16g2000cwq.googlegroups.com>:

> > the error is as follows:
> > Sep 10 22:39:06 nameserver servermgrd: servermgr_dns: gethostbyaddr()
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> What did you change? Looks like a case mismatch between zone and local
> hostname.

Agreed. Unless you /really/ know what you're doing, using capital letters
in a DNS assignment is always wrong. Find whoever typed the capital 'Q'
and capital 'G' and shoot them. Problem solved.

Simon.

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Simon Slavin - 25 Sep 2006 22:46 GMT

On 13/09/2006, Simon Slavin wrote in message
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> > > (nameserver.quad-g5 !=
> > > nameserver.Quad-G5)
>
> Agreed. Unless you /really/ know what you're doing, using capital
> letters in a DNS assignment is always wrong. Find whoever typed the
> capital 'Q' and capital 'G' and shoot them. Problem solved.

You know, on further looking at that address, I'm beginning to think that
it might have been arrived at by processing a name that wasn't intended
from DNS. For example, from the 'Sharing Name' field used by OS X. If
this is the case, then the problem isn't with who typed it, it's with
whoever wrote the conversion routine. Let the other guy go and shoot him
instead.

Oops, sorry: too late.

Simon.

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