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Re: Problems with .local in Mac OS X computer names
From: |
Jeremy Mates |
Subject: |
Re: Problems with .local in Mac OS X computer names |
Date: |
Sat, 3 Sep 2005 08:48:07 -0700 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.4.2i |
Somehow the system set a link-local muticast DNS name for itself, as
proposed by Apple (marketed as Bonjour, the artist formerly known as
Rendezvous):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_(protocol)
http://www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-cheshire-dnsext-multicastdns-05.txt
Where the system takes the computer name (use the Apple Remote Desktop
'networksetup -getcomputername' command to show this value, or the
-setcomputername option to change it), and tacks on .local.
One fix might be check for .local in the hostname, and if so perform a
DNS or LDAP lookup to find and set the client's proper hostname, or
perhpas abort with a syslog message...