Setting up OD / DNS in a Mac/Win Envoironment

Hi,
I'm not really new to MacOsX but to setting up an XServe: Trying to do what I want I experienced a few problems and didn't find a solution so hopefully someone can give me a hint - what i'm trying to do is the following:
I have an XServe that shall function as a Directory-server with filesharing, calendar-sharing and user-system-settings for the client machines based on Open Directory access from every machine in the network (Windows and Mac). I have set up the OD as described in the Manuals, configured DHCP (working fine), and in the serverAdmin activated SMB (as PDC), NFS and AFP. With the WorkgroupManager I created the users and groups I need in the LDAP-Directory LDAPv3/127.0.0.1 What i haven't done is activating DNS nore configuring it (i found nowhere that OD requires DNS in the manuals).
The Windows-Machines can't be bind to the directory and on the Mac-machines I can't log in with the LDAP-Users.
What can I do?
Thanks a lot for your answers!

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Having trouble setting up Open DNS with mac.

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I have a Linksys router. I can get the router so save the settings using my Microsoft laptop, but I get an "oops" error message from Open DNS saying I am not set up on their site and just sends me back to step one. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

No, you cannot put the router in front of the modem.
You might look for any information your ISP gave you for your modem, such as a user guide. Or use the instructions at OpenDNS for a Motorola router, it should be similar. Remove the router and directly connect just one computer to the modem and try to access the modem's built in utility, as you have with your Linksys router. Motorola's default address appears to be "http://192.168.10.1/", the default username is "admin", and the password "password". If you encounter a question about obtaining the DNS service dynamically, check NO, then handset the OpenDNS servers, save and possibly restart the modem.
If you are successful in configuring the modem, go back to the router and leave the DNS settings blank, as well as on each computer. Then the computers should receive the service dynamically from the modem.
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Problems setting up open DNS

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If you goto http://opendns.com
if you are using their service you should see in your browser.
If you are able to access a pron site that you accessed prior to turning on filtering then this problem may be due to the browsers caching the information.
I would suggest you clear your browsers caches.
also clear the dns cache on your mac use the following command in your terminal
dscacheutil -flushcache
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Can I avoid setting up a DNS server?

Dear all,
I’m a newbie to set up a server but I recently bought a Mac Mini Server and I have some questions in setting up the machine.
My ultimate goal:
Set up a multimedia server in my Mac Mini Server which provide photos up / download and Quicktime video streaming services for my friends outside my local Lan.
My settings:
ISP (Dynamic IP) →DSL modem →Linksys Router (DHCP) →
1. Web Cam IP: 192.168.1.253 port 50000
2. Synology NAS IP:192.168.1.107 port 5000
3. Mac Mini Server IP: 192.168.1.108
4. Mac Book Pro x 2(wireless)
Since I don’t have a static IP, I registered a domain name which link to my dynamic IP. i.e. abc.viewnetcam.com
I can access my web cam and Synology from outside through port forwarding i.e. http://abc.viewnetcam.com: 50000 & http://abc.viewnetcam.com: 5000
During set up my Mac Mini Server, I was required to enter the Primary Domain Name, since I did not have a DNS server in my local Lan, I entered MacMinSserver.private
After I set up the server, I found that there was a message left on the desktop saying that; ….The domain name servers you’re using don’t have an entry for the domain MacMiniServer.private, and therefore your clients won’t be able to access your server using the name MacMiniServer.private…..
Now here is the question:
1. Can I just simply avoid to set up a DNS server in my Mac Mini Server? Cause it is very complicate; I have read up some information about DNS server settings which make me feel puzzle.
2. If DNS server is a must, so how can I set it? I have read the instructions in the HoffmanLabs, but after setting up the DNS server, how can I access my server from outside? Through port forward?
( Now I can access my server from outside in Safari with URL afp://abc.viewnetcam.com:548)
Many thanks.

I take some time to digest your suggestions. I’m convinced to build up a DNS server, although I don’t fully understand how it works.
DNS is a way to ask a server or a series of servers to translate a string of a specific format into an IP address. If you follow the article in your implementation, then the local DNS services will cooperate with and access external DNS servers world-wide for public DNS translations.
But then questions come up again, first what should be my Primary Domain Name?
I don't know what you're looking at that is using "primary domain name", but the "domain name" you use? I use real and registered and public domains for the domain on private LANs. It's simple, effective, and unique. And I don't have to deal with collisions. I don't prefer to recommend using a made-up domain, as it's a few dollars to get a real domain and then you don't have to deal with collisions if and when you need to expose parts of your network.
Here, a bogus TLD would be, for instance, macminiserver.myhouse.ngmy69; that's a top-level domain (ngmy69) (TLD) that is not allocated, and unlikely to be publicly allocated, and a subdomain (myhouse) of your choice, and a host name (macminiserver) of your choice. (There are around 300 TLDs already allocated and live, and more are on the way. com, net, biz, org, travel, cat, two-character country codes, and more...)
This is listed in the article, including the trade-offs, and including a description of bogus domains.
As you said that the external DNS and the internal DNS should be separately functioning, then is it true that I have the freedom to choose my Primary DNS name? Or I have to stick to certain rules?
DNS and IP routing work by cooperation. You have to stick to certain rules, and the article guides you through the four general choices for picking a domain name.
In my case, do I need to use the external domain name, i.e. macminiserver.abc.viewnetcam.com or I rent another registered domain name and it will be macminiserver.xxxxx.com or even I create an imaginary name?
After you get your LAN DNS going, then read the [dynamic DNS article|http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1541].
Here, you've picked a domain (viewnetcam.com) name that's real and registered. That, and the use of the abc and macminiserver subdomains are something you'd have to work out with the folks administering that domain. While it is technically a domain name, macminiserver.abc.viewnetcam.com is also variously called a host name, as that'll usually have an associated IP address, and a subdomain like abc.viewnetcam.com might and variously will not.
With a real and registered domain (your own registered domain, or a DynDNS host), you can (later) choose to expose parts of your network. You don't own a DynDNS name, and DynDNS doesn't allow you to use various server functions and you can't use that on your LAN. DynDNS is a good solution for remote access into a home network and even for a VPN connection in but (if you're eventually looking to use mail or secure web access or other features) you'll usually end up using your own domain name.
The second question is that, how can I avoid using the subnet 192.168.1.0/24, as my router is providing the DHCP service, will that means I need to re-organized the whole network included the web cam and my Synology? Is there any simple way to achieve that?
It's the effort you think it is, and it involves getting that gateway server reconfigured to have its address in a different subnet and the DHCP server reconfigured to pass out addresses within a range within that subnet, and this is an effort that scales as your network increases and as you get IP addresses embedded. If you're going to do remote access via VPN, many home networks and many coffee shops will use 192.168.0.0/24 or 192.168.1.0/24, and having the same subnet on both ends of the VPN means IP routing tosses a snit.
[Please read the DNS article|http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1436] through, and then post up questions you might have.

Setting up SLS & DNS in particular

I would really appreciate some step-by-step guidance on setting up SLS and DNS in particular. I've read all Apple's documentation and dozens of guides and discussions but remain confused about several points, and my set-up still isn't working correctly.
I have the latest SLS on a Mac Mini, which is behind my Draytek 2820vn router. I have 3 Mac clients (all 10.6.6) and 3 OSX devices. I primarily want to share address books and both share and sync (between devices) iCal. I want to be able to do this from outside my LAN, so need to run Mobile Access.
I have a static IP address from my ISP, to which my sub-domain (e.g. network.mydomain.com) points via DNS with my domain registrar.
I seem to have DNS running ok on the server, at least for my LAN (the -checkhostname and dig commands all return the right results). I can get my clients to log on to the network from within the LAN but not get iCal or the address books playing along.
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I prefer to use SSL for maximum security (though am not sure if I also need to open up the non-SSL ports for these services).
So my questions are:
1. Do I need to redirect any other ports?
2. Do I need a reverse DNS with my ISP (i.e. external to my LAN), for the services I am wanting to run?
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* iCal Server SSL on 8443
* Address Book Server SSL on 8843
* DNS on 53
Close that DNS port. You don't want to be fielding in-bound DNS translations.
* Web service on 80
Unless you're planning to serve web sites, close that.
* HTTPS on 443
Ibid.
I prefer to use SSL for maximum security (though am not sure if I also need to open up the non-SSL ports for these services).
[What IP ports need to be opened|http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1629] depends on what services are required, and whether or not you're using a VPN.
1. Do I need to redirect any other ports?
That's one only you can answer, as it is dependent on what you want to do here.
A different question that you want to consider for cases such as this is "how can I close more ports?".
The usual answer is via VPN.
One of many other answers can include a firewall with DMZ capabilities, and a network where you park the server in its own network jail. (A DMZ is a two-firewall firewall box; where you can have an untrusted WAN network, a slightly trusted but still restricted DMZ, and a more trusted internal LAN.)
2. Do I need a reverse DNS with my ISP (i.e. external to my LAN), for the services I am wanting to run?
For secure services, you'll want reverse DNS. That can include ssl services, though (with control over your clients and the boxes that are attempting to connect your LAN) it's not critical.
Reverse DNS is (far) more central to SMTP services, and to ecommerce, and to any cases where you don't control the remote clients, and where the clients are thus dependent on your forward and reverse DNS, and your certificates matching your DNS.
You need LAN-based DNS with Snow Leopard Server, either on the server or with another DNS server on your LAN. [Here is how to set up LAN DNS|http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1436]
Your ISP will not typically be in a position to provide DNS translations for the private address space. (That's shared and non-routed IP address space, so your ISP would needs to set up DNS for you.)
3. Do I have to enter the static IP address of the SLS in my router as the primary DNS, with my external DNS as the secondary? (I have done this.)
I don't run hosts as gateways. That's more work, and it's less secure.
4. How should I configure the firewall on SLS, given its location behind the Draytek? I want a very secure set-up.
There's no direct answer for that, and there are many different network designs and many different degrees of risk aversion and different degrees of budgets. For some environments, I run locked down. For others, not so much.
5. Does anyone have any other pointers on getting everything to work with this particular arrangement?
[Here is how to set up LAN DNS|http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1436], and [here is the public-facing DNS set-up|http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1594] and [here is a quick intro to networking pieces and parts|http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/275].

Changes in DNS resolution in Mac OS X Snow Leopard

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There have been two major changes in DNS resolution in Mac OS X Snow Leopard as compared to Mac OS X Leopard and previous releases, and this tip is intended to explain them.
1) User-specified DNS servers, if any, are now used to the exclusion of all others
DNS server addresses may be manually-specified by users via the Networking preference pane by selecting the active interface (e.g. AirPort, Ethernet, etc.), the clicking the "Advanced…" button in the lower right hand corner of the window, and selecting the "DNS" tab.
DNS server addresses may also be provided by a DHCP server.
In Mac OS X Snow Leopard, if any DNS servers are manually specified, they will be the only DNS servers consulted; any DNS servers specified via DHCP will be ignored
This differs from Mac OS X Leopard and previous releases of Mac OS X, as in those releases, if DNS servers were specified manually as well as provided via DHCP, the manually-specified server(s) would be queried first, and if those requests failed, requests would then be sent to any DNS server(s) specified via DHCP.
This means that in Mac OS X Snow Leopard, if queries to manually-specified DNS servers fail, the request will be considered to have failed and no DHCP-specified DNS server will ever be queried.
Users may encounter this because at some point a DNS server (which is no longer functioning or reachable) was manually set in a work or other environment and they had forgotten about it since the previous behavior was for failed requests to "fall through" to DHCP-specified servers.
Because of the change in behavior, those same systems will fail to resolve any DNS requests in Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
2) mDNSResponder does not honor DNS server ordering
While not explicitly documented, in Mac OS X versions earlier than Snow Leopard, DNS servers, whether specified manually or via DHCP, were queried in the order they were provided. For manual specification, this means in the order shown in the appropriate Network preferences pane tab, and for DHCP users in the order specified by the DHCP server.
This is no longer true in Mac OS X Snow Leopard; instead mDNSResponder now seems to occasionally change the order in which it queries DNS servers from that in which they were specified.
This has caused some users issues when DNS servers are specified in a specific sequence.
For example, say your network has two DNS servers, a main server at address 192.168.100.1, and a secondary server at 192.168.100.2, which is normally only to be used if the primary DNS server fails as it is slower and/or has a slower link to the Internet.
If they were specified in that order, past versions of Mac OS X would query them in that order, and unless a failure occurred contacting the primary server, the second server specified would never be contacted.
In Mac OS X Snow Leopard, under various conditions mDNSResponder will instead decide to route all DNS queries to the second DNS server specified, perhaps as a method of routing DNS queries in a round-robin fashion.
Nevertheless, this behavior is unexpected to most users, and may cause issues if the previous behavior was expected.
The only workaround is to realize that Mac OS X Snow Leopard treats all specified DNS servers as being equally capable and to specify DNS servers, either manually or via DHCP, accordingly.
This is the 1st version of this tip. It was submitted on November 15, 2009 by William Kucharski.
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Mac/Win market share confirmation straight from the horse's mouth

From a response by Photoshop Principal Program Manager John Nack to someone's post on his blog:
"Last time I checked, Creative Suite sales were roughly 50/50 Mac/Win."
http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2009/02/optional_plugin.html

I was a Windows user for 15 years. I not only designed the computers to market, I was a Network Admin and consultant. Now I use a Mac.
Funny. I see these stupid threads by the same few folks who can't help but push their macs. And the one or two who tote Windows.
Both systems have their set of problems. But really, who cares what market shares are PC vs Mac with regards to Adobe. Big deal.
Windows has so many more vendors and software programmers to deal with they finally had to coral it in with Vista, their first attempt. Signed drivers. Macs failed with clones. Life happens.
The Mac in not superior and saying it is doesn't make you any more superior either but damn y'all sure seem to think so.
What a joke.
b You keep up the we versus them - mac vs ps all you want. It does not get anyone anywhere. Solving common issues that effect both side is much more valuable.
Maybe it makes you feel good to spout your love for one or the other. But Adobe has pretty well tried to get their products to run the same no matter which OS you choose. Adobe seems to understand Macs aren't the only OS choice to run their products. They realize PCs make a huge part of the market. Quibble over 50 percent or 60 percent or what ever you want... the Macs just don't have to support the thousands of titles that PCs do.
At least PCs know how to display web images with sRGB much better. In fact, amazing how a designer still needs to design for PCs ever more so than macs. Because of the sheer numbers of PCs versus Macs. I still read and hear all the time, you design for PCs first and foremost and then try to cross over to macs. Cross browser ring a bell guys. But I guess those here would find that as the PCs are trying to have a superior attitude. NO. They just realize the number of end users. But I guess the same 4-5 mac people here will still have something to say about that statement. How PC users feel their systems are the best or run Adobe products better and were ready for 64 bit first. Whooppiieeeeeee. God, what you guys stoop to for something to write about.
Hey, sorry but I get so tired of these threads let's just call them out on it....
ANN
RAMON
BUKO
MARK
What other enlightenment can you fill us with? Mac vs PC. God, give it a rest...
Leopard was rushed out the door. So was Vista. Smart PC users may be still on XP, Mark because they didn't like Vista just like a lot of people don't like Leopard. WOW. Amazing. The consumer is the main beta tester now for just about any of it. Ramon, you on Leopard yet? CS4? Anything new and up to date?
So where are with with Snow Leopard? The perfect OS? Who knows.
And Ann. Bringing up the fact that our PC friendly guy here is not CS4, well... a lot of those with opinions of Macs aren't. Is Ramon? I know you stay up to date Ann but maybe our PC guys can read the other forums just fine and go from there. Like some do here. Hum....
I just wanted to walk all over this thread. Say my rants and raves. Call people out on their superior attitude of crap. Go kneel to your John Nack and by all means, keep reading his blog and keep us posted. I doubt John want to really hear all of this either.
This was a whole waste of space and so you know, let's see how long I can type and waste even more. Let's just keep talking and trashing everything I can and see if I can't kill this thread.
Heck - maybe I should take a different tact and try to get it locked down and closed. May be I should try to get the moderators to do their job and stop this from going too far.
Just the same old same old. The same usual suspects screaming the same old lines. Ramon, really - was this addressed to us who use macs in the mac forums or to PC users who also keep up with Macs and happen by?
You know, even trying to kill this thread by ranting now isn't that much fun. Because I think every one but Ann and Ramon and Mark and Buko are tired of the MAC is better than PC routine. JJ, let them say what ever they want. You think anyone is really going to read it? Or read this?
I stayed up too late tonight and have sleep deprivation. I doubt I will remember typing this. I will remember listing the same 4 names we can list all too often and the same people that opinionate the loudest here.
b It is a shame though. If they would stay off these topics and stay with being helpful without having to cry superior this or sucky that... they would actually be great to keep around.
But they just can't help themselves. They will be the first to fire off at you should you disagree with them. They are the one's who are always right and never wrong.
Anyway, guess I did what I wanted... to try to blow steam, vent, release frustrations or what ever... and in all hopes - I hope I wrote long enough that this thread will just die and go away.
Tell you what, let's copy and past the whole thing twice to really make one have to scroll down to post anything new...
OK GUYS>>>
I was a Windows user for 15 years. I not only designed the computers to market, I was a Network Admin and consultant. Now I use a Mac.
Funny. I see these stupid threads by the same 6 folks who can't help but push their macs. And the one or two who tote Windows.
Both systems have their set of problems. But really, who cares what market share are PC vs Mac with regards to Adobe. Big deal.
Windows has so many more vendors and software programmers to deal with they finally had to coral it in with Vista, their first attempt. Macs failed with clones. Life happens.
The Mac in not superior and saying it is doesn't make you any more superior either but damn y'all sure seem to think so.
What a joke.
b You keep up the we versus them - mac vs ps all you want. It does not get anyone anywhere.
Maybe it makes you feel good to spout your love for one or the other. But Adobe has pretty well tried to get their products to run the same no matter which OS you choose. Adobe seems to understand Macs aren't the only OS choice to run their products. They realize PCs make a huge part of the market. Quibble over 50 percent or 60 percent or what ever you want... the Macs just don't have to support the thousands of titles that PCs do. At least PCs know how to display web images with sRGB much better. If fact, amazing how a designer still needs to design for PCs ever more so than macs. I still read and hear all the time, you design for PCs first and foremost and then try to cross over to macs. But I guess those here would find that as the PCs are trying to have a superior attitude. NO. They just realize the number of end users. But I guess the same 4-5 mac people here will still have something to say about that statement.
Hey, I get so tired of these threads let's just all them out on it....
ANN
RAMON
BUKO
MARK
What other enlightenment can you fill us with? Mac vs PC. God, give it a rest...
Leopard was rushed out the door. So was Vista. And the consumer is the main beta tester now for just about any of it. Ramon, you on Leopard yet?
So where are with with Snow Leopard? The perfect OS? Who knows.
And Ann. Bringing up the fact that our PC friendly guy here is not CS4, well... a lot of those with opinions of Macs aren't. Is Ramon?
I just wanted to walk all over this thread. Say my rants and raves. Call people out on their superior attitude of crap. Go kneel to your John Nack and by all means, keep reading his blog and keep us posted.
This was a whole waste of space and so you know, let's see how long I can type and waste even more. Let's just keep talking and trashing everything I can and see if I can't kill this thread.
Heck - maybe I should take a different tact and try to get it locked down and closed.
Just the same old same old. The same usual suspects screaming the same old lines. Ramon, really - was this addressed to us who use macs or to PC users who also keep up with Macs and happen by?
You

How do I set up an alias email with Mac Mail, so that my alias shows up when I send email from my Mac Mail account?

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Unfortunately it is not possible to install the program it always displays an error message. how can you loess the problem?
error message: This application can not be run from a network drive-. copy it to a local folder and strarten it again.

I have just the regular version, not Professional.
I mean "les integrated", in the sense that you really run Fusion "in a window". The more "integrated" approach means that Windows applications run as if they were for the Mac, and you do not see the Windows interface at all. I personnaly think tjat is too confusing. There is nothing wrong with it, just a bit more confusing. i like having it clear that Windows is in a seperate Window.
Op 21 nov. 2013 om 12:57 heeft Krishnam <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven:
Re: adobe creative cloud set up to install on a mac with parallels windows 8
created by Krishnam in Adobe Creative Cloud - View the full discussion
Hi MacLesNL,
Which version of VM Ware should I go for?
http://www.vmware.com/uk/products/fusion/
http://www.vmware.com/uk/products/fusion-professional/
So that I could install Adobe CC on Windows 7? Please advise.
What do you mean ny "less integrated"? Is this must to run Adobe CC in VMWare on Mac?
Please advise.
Thanks, Krishnam
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I also have dlink dns service active
Thank You
Manolo Fernández

The following is the basic setup for DDNS on the AirPort using AirPort Utility v5x:
AirPort Utility > Select the base station > Manual Setup >AirPort > Base Station tab > Edit ...
Use dynamic global hostname (checked)
Hostname: <enter your DDNS service domain here>
User: <enter your DDNS user account name>
Password: <enter your DDNS user account password>
Click "Done."
AirPort Utility > Select the base station > Manual Setup > Disks > File Sharing tab > Share disks over the Internet with Bonjour (checked)

Set up a DNS on Solaris 8(SPARC)

Hi,
We have a ultra 5 machine. I am now trying to install Sun Internet Mail Server. One of the requirement for this is setting up of LDAP server. This does not install until a DNS is found. I intend to install the DNS on the solaris box itself. Can some one help me with the DNS installation and also the Mail Server setup.
Regards
Sunil

I can help you on setting up the dns, but this process
will be very long and I'll explain it to you.
Firstly , Install BIND v.9 from http://www.sunfreeware.com (package)or you can download the source from http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/ .
Installing package is quite simple, download the appropriate file and do #pkgadd -d bind-program
or if you download the source, then you need to configure and make the software.
I assume you have done this. Once you have successfully installed BIND, you need to check on your /etc/named or /var/named directory for the named files.
A sample configuration of BIND is below
$ cat /etc/named.conf
options {
directory "/var/named";
forward only;
listen-on port 53 {
192.168.x.1;
forwarders {
// ISP NS IP's here.
aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd;
allow-query {
192.168.x.0/24;
127.0.0.1/32;
logging {
category lame-servers { null; };
key controlkey {
algorithm hmac-md5;
secret "J5D_hKfy73f&#hfjek&*efke";
controls {
inet 127.0.0.1 allow {
localhost;
} keys {
controlkey;
// zones you wish to master go after this marker ;)
zone "localhost" IN {
type master;
file "caching-example/localhost.zone";
allow-update { none; };
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "caching-example/named.local";
allow-update { none; };
When you have created this file (named.conf) then you need to create hosts on your respective directory which you have defined , either /var/named or /etc/named this is where all the hosts will be and you can create this files manually and the format is like below.
Create a file called mydomain.com.hosts
and insert this
$ttl 38400
mydomain.com. IN SOA ns.mydomain.com. dnsadmin.mydomain.com. (
2001030701
3600
900
3600000
3600 )
www IN A 192.168.1.1
server1 IN A 192.168.1.20
ns IN A 192.168.1.2
mydomain.com. IN NS ns.mydomain.com.
mydomain.com. IN MX 10 mail.mydomain.com
For each domain create a file like this, you can add additional hosts in one file above.
Once you have done this you can start the name server , if this dns system is only going to be for internal use, it would be even simpler.
If you have any problems please mail me as posting here will take too much space.
Alphademon

Set up reverse DNS for virtual mail hosting

I need a bit of server configuation advice.
I have a static IP and two public domains on a Snow Leopard server connected using NAT behind a firewall - with the necessary port forwarding to ensure all works.
1. abc.com is my primary domain on the server - server.abc.com
2. I have xyz.com set up as a virtual domain and also as a virtual mail host
This setup has worked well for a long time but I have found that emails to [email protected] are going missing. If I check my mx records using one of the web based tools it show an error on the reverse dns for server.xyz.com showing a reverse DNS of server.abc.com.
So the question - is it possible to have secondary 'virtual' DNS record on the server so reverse DNS works for the virtual mail host xyz.com? If not how do I handle the reverse DNS problem which i think is causing some external mail server to reject mail due to the inconsistency on the reverse DNS lookup?
Many thanks for any suggestions

SMTP requires a DNS A record.
A DNS A record is also known as a machine record.
A DNS A record inherently means that forward DNS and reverse DNS will match.
The forward translation translates the host name to the IP address.
The reverse translation translates the IP address to host name.
When the full translation produces the same host name, that's an A record.
DNS CNAME records are aliases, and are used for virtual hosts.
CNAME records inherently do not match the reverse DNS translations.
To get your configuration to work, your server must have an A record.
That means forward and reverse DNS will match.
Any of the virtual hosts within your mail server then all use an MX pointing at the A record host.
If you have your DNS hosted somewhere other than your ISP, then you'll need your ISP to set up a DNS PTR.
The DNS PTR is the reverse translation; address to name.
If you have your own DNS services within your network (as would be typical with a privately-addressed NAT'd network), set that up as a virtual host within SMTP.
Here is some related reading on external (public) DNS, as related to SMTP servers and such.

How can I set up a VPN on my mac?

I am trying to set up a VPN cnnection so that I can access my work from my mac. The system there is Windows based. I have found articles about how to set up a VPN on a mac but there doesn't appear to be an area to put the static IP address or the computer IP address. Any help would be appreciated!

Have read the printer manual, it will contain instructions for connecting it to a network, and then to your Mac. You don't identify this printer so it's difficult to be more specific.
You can also go to the printer manufacturers website and seek assistance there.

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