Reverse and Printing

[Paul C]

What are the duplicate PTR RR's you are seeing? MAC's or printers? I am 
assuming the duplicates are on a range that is dynamically updated by 
the DHCP server.

Paul C

Eugene Grant wrote:
> We have a intermittent issue here that I can not figure out that involves
> printing from MAC's running OSX.
> 
> We run Bind9  DDNS on a OpenBSD system internally.
> DHCP is handed out by a Microsoft 2000 DHCP which is the only machine
> allowed to update the Unix DDNS.
> We have a varied environment of Microsoft PC's and iMac's running OSX.
> 
> For some reason the reverse DB files sometimes get polluted and show
> duplicate names in the reverse. This causes the MAC's when printing to
> lookup the wrong reverse when printing. (Not sure why they need a reverse
> when printing)
> 
> The printer will then spit out garbage. Very strange.
> 
> Trying to get my head around it but to say the least very odd.
> 
> Anyone have any thoughts short of throwing out the MAC's. Microsoft PC's
> have no issues.
> MAC's have no issues except when printing if there are duplicate reverses.
> If only one reverse record then MAC's have no issue printing.
> 
> Strange .....
> 
> Eugene A. Grant  CISSP, CCSA, CCSE
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> Waterloo Region District School Board
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