Symptom
Figure 1 Using Server Admin to view logs
Solution
Use the Network Utility (/Applications/Utilities/) to determine if the server's IP address has a fully qualified DNS entry. You should verify both forward and reverse lookups. Follow these steps:
If one or both of the DNS lookups fails to produce the correct result, contact your network administrator. Request that a fully qualified DNS record be created for your server's name and IP address, for both forward and reverse lookup.
If Macintosh Manager login still seems slow, see technical document 106454, "Macintosh Manager 2.0: Common Setup Strategies".
- 1. Macintosh Manager clients take longer to log in than expected.
2. The Watchdog log on the server notes "respawning" of the Macintosh Manager Server process. You can examine the log by using the Log Viewer feature of the Server Admin application. (Figure 1).
Figure 1 Using Server Admin to view logs
Solution
Use the Network Utility (/Applications/Utilities/) to determine if the server's IP address has a fully qualified DNS entry. You should verify both forward and reverse lookups. Follow these steps:
- 1. Open the Network Utility.
2. Click the Lookup tab.
3. Deselect the checkbox for "Use 'dig' in place of 'nslookup'".
4. Type the server's DNS name (such as myserver.apple.com) in the text entry field.
5. Click Lookup. Is the server's correct IP address returned?
Figure 2 Looking up the Knowledge Base
6. Type the server's IP address (such as 192.169.1.100) in the text entry field.
7. Click Lookup. Is the server's correct DNS name returned?
If one or both of the DNS lookups fails to produce the correct result, contact your network administrator. Request that a fully qualified DNS record be created for your server's name and IP address, for both forward and reverse lookup.
If Macintosh Manager login still seems slow, see technical document 106454, "Macintosh Manager 2.0: Common Setup Strategies".