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Sorin Buturugeanu
Asked: 2011-01-14 01:09:10 +0800 CST

dns service on OS X Snow Leopard Server

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I have a Mac Mini (1.83GHz, 1.5 RAM) with a fresh install of OS X Snow Leopard Server and I want to use it for DNS and web hosting.

What I have done so far is to go to the domain registrar and configure a new nameserver (ns.domain.tld) to point to my static IP. This Mac Mini is behind a DI-524 router and I have forwarded ports 53 and 80 to the Mini.

I have also added the domain name to the DNS configuration panel:

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but intodns.com gives the following error (among others, and obviously the site is not working): "Mismatched NS records WARNING: One or more of your nameservers did not return any of your NS records."

I don't know where to go from here ..

Thank you to anyone willing to take the time to give me a hint!!

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2 Answers

  1. Looks like you need to create NS or Nameserver records for your machine in the DNS configuration panel. There should be a way to create new records., probably however you created the test and www records. You'll want to create a new record of type NS, or Nameserver, and you'll want the IP to be your static IP.

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  2. For testing of your DNS setup use dig

    $ dig @127.0.0.1 _hostname_

    or

    $ dig @127.0.0.1 -x _IP_address_

    other useful commands are host, hostname and ping

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