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ARD DNS Name Does not match Name

In ARD Admin 3.5.1, 3.5.2 and 3.6 the listed Client Name and the listed DNS Name don't match.

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All clients are 10.6.8v1.1 OS.

I verified that all DNS is showing up correctly on our DHCP server and on our DNS servers.

When I go into Sharing preferences on a client which is showing up with the wrong DNS in ARD, local hostname shows correctly yet under File Sharing is shows access to the client from a web address which is incorrect and from a local hostname which is correct.

So For example, I go into Sharing Preferences and change the name of the computer to TEST123

The local hostname changes to TEST123.local yet under File Sharing: On it says:

Other users can access shared folders on this computer, and administrators all volumes, at afp://XYZ321.domain.org/ or “TEST123”

XYZ312 is a DNS name for another unrelated computer on the network.

When I go into Terminal, Terminal also shows

XYZ321:~ localuser$

When it should say

TEST123:~ localuser$

When I type hostname in terminal it comes back with

XYZ321.domain.org instead of TEST123.domain.org

So how do I fix this issue for 50 computers?

Thanks for any assistance.

Server, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Mac Mini

Posted on Aug 8, 2012 1:49 PM

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Feb 3, 2014 1:06 PM in response to Layne_Staley

I have just made a change to my admin computer that seams to have helped.


so as some above or elsewhere have discribed, delete out the computers in All Computers, run a scanner and re-add them.


after doing that,

BACKUP then edit the file /SystemLibrary/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

under the ProgramArguments Section, add the string

<string>-NoMulticastAdvertisements</string>

Flush Dns

dscacheutil -flushcache

restart mDNSResponder

sudo killall mDNSResponder


Seems that dns and bonjoure have become joined into the mdns service. the above string disables the bonjour part of it. see here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3789


I hope this continues to work for me and you.


Joe

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3789

ARD DNS Name Does not match Name

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