DNS set up

I have problem setting up a correct DNS. This is a possible cause Open Dir doesn't work, in-fact I'm unable to create an Open Directory Master; while all the other services (web, mail, ical) work fine.
The server name on ServAdmin top left side is macweb.local; the machine IP is 192.168.115.24.
From term the command changeip -checkhostname, prompts the following:
"Primary address = 192.168.115.24
Current HostName = macweb.server.com
The DNS hostname is not available, please repair DNS and re-run this tool.
dirserv:success = "success""
So far I created under the DNS function of ServAdmin a primary zone with:
zone name=server.com
nameserver-hostname (fqdn)=macweb.server.com.
Then a record machine named=macweb
with two IP addresses under it: 127.0.0.1 and 192.168.115.24
obtaining two reverse zones mapping macweb.server.com on the two ip.
Re-running the changip command the result doesn't change.
Any suggestion is very well appreciated.
Alberto.
Message was edited by: albfran
Message was edited by: albfran

[Here is a DNS server set-up sequence|http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1436]. That's end-to-end.
Are you strictly referencing this DNS server from your LAN and from your DHCP server, or are there references to any other DNS servers mixed here?
Assuming your server here is your DNS server, is your DNS server here referencing itself (in the guise of the 127.0.0.1 loopback address) via System Preferences > Network controller > static IP, static DNS server setting? Or is it referencing some other DNS server?
Your other clients on your LAN can refer to your DNS server via its static IP address, but the DNS server here should use the loopback address.
Post the output of the Terminal.app commands +dig server.example.com+ and +dig -x server.ip.address.here+ in its entirety, and I'll have a look at the data returned. (If you want to obfuscate your domain there, that's fine, but don't obfuscate the 192.168.0.0/24 addresses anywhere in what's returned, and the obfuscation of the host names needs to be consistent for the output to be useful in diagnosing this.)
And FWIW, you probably aren't the organization that has registered the server.com domain name, so please stop using that domain either for real in your configuration, or using it as your example domain name. If your intent is to obfuscate your domain name (and which is fine by me) then use example.com, example.net or example.org as your domain name. These are RFC-reserved example domains. This usage both avoids referencing a domain you don't have registered, and it makes your intent here clear. It means I don't have to ask you "is that your real domain, or are you obfuscating?".

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