Domains and DNS

[Han_Solo]

I am going to create a Domain to authenticate the macs on a network.

I've got the NetInfo guide and down the "creation of domains" I was stumped by the DNS setup.

Why do i need DNS for an internal network? how do i set DNS internally?

All the manuals make it sound like a website set up, but that is not what I want to do!

Can anyone shed light on this, and help me through it?

thanks,

Han_Solo

[Craig R. Arko]

The two places to start are /etc/named.conf and /var/named/. Look at the examples (named.conf.default and db.example.default) there and it shouldn't be too tough to adapt them to your needs. Especially since you've got documentation. If you're still having troubles ask back here.

NetInfo uses DNS in much the same way that Windows uses WINS, as a database of machine names -> IP addresses on the LAN.

Good luck!

[Han_Solo]

Hi Craig,

I had looked at the file and was stumped by the "example.com"

do you mean if i put in "OSXServer" it would work, or would I need "OSXServer.com"

Also, i don't want this to percolate across the Internet....

Thanks,

Han Solo