Mail servers have been running smoothly for months on Mac 10.4.5
Server. Of course, we're running webmin instead of Apple's DNS
option.
Although the DNSreport.com reports expected PASSING grades, as
before
Seemingly the postfix cyrus postions have lost their ability to receive
and relay mail to each other...
Apple's 10.4.6 update included a DNS Reverse update, among other
things... system log excerpt...
Apr 23 02:23:13 ns1 mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
Apr 23 02:23:15 ns1 servermgrd: servermgr_dns: Unable to reload
named. named pid=48, status=1
Apr 23 02:23:15 ns1 servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no name available
via DNS for 216.xxx.xxx.xxx [ip x-ed out]
Apr 23 02:23:15 ns1 servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no reverse DNS entry
for server, various services may not function properly
Apr 23 02:23:15 ns1 automount[140]: reposting deferred logout
notification.
Apr 23 02:23:16 ns1 configd[51]: target=enable-network: disabled
Apr 23 02:23:16 ns1 ctl_cyrusdb[68]: verifying cyrus databases
Apr 23 02:23:16 ns1 ctl_cyrusdb[68]: skiplist: recovered /var/imap/
mailboxes.db (38 records, 6248 bytes) in 0 seconds
Apr 23 02:23:16 ns1 ctl_cyrusdb[68]: skiplist: recovered /var/imap/
annotations.db (0 records, 144 bytes) in 0 seconds
Apr 23 02:23:16 ns1 mDNSResponder: Update
_kerberos._tcp.NS1.example.COM. refused
Apr 23 02:23:16 ns1 mDNSResponder: Registration of record
_kerberos._tcp.NS1.example.COM. type 33 failed with error -65553
Apr 23 02:23:17 ns1 mDNSResponder: Update
_kerberos._udp.NS1.example.COM. refused
Apr 23 02:23:17 ns1 mDNSResponder: Registration of record
_kerberos._udp.NS1.example.COM. type 33 failed with error -65553
Apr 23 02:23:17 ns1 mDNSResponder: ERROR: hndlLookupSOA -
recursed to root label of _kerberos.ns1-example-com. without finding
SOA
Apr 23 02:23:17 ns1 mDNSResponder: RecordRegistrationCallback:
error -65537
Logged In: YES
user_id=129364
Is your DNS server process running? You could test it with
the command :
nslookup www.google.com 127.0.0.1
or
nslookup 216.xxx.xxx.xxx 127.0.0.1