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Chapter 2 DNS Service 29
To change the log detail level:
1 In Server Admin, choose DNS in the Computer & Services list.
2 Click Settings.
3 Select the Logging tab.
4 Choose the detail level from the Log Level pop-up menu.
The possible log levels are:
• Critical (less detailed)
• Error
• Warning
• Notice
• Information
• Debug (most detailed)
Changing DNS Log File Location
You can change the location of the DNS service log. You may want to put it somewhere
other than the default path.
To change the log detail level:
1 In Server Admin, choose DNS in the Computer & Services list.
2 Click Settings.
3 Select the Logging tab.
4 Enter the desired path for the file path for the DNS service log, or select a path using
the Browse button.
If no path is entered, the default location is /var/logs/.
Viewing DNS Usage Statistics
You can check the DNS Statistics window to see statistics on common DNS queries.
Some common DNS queries begin with the following:
• Name Server (NS): Asks for the authoritative name server for a given zone.
• Address (A): Asks for the IP address associated with a domain name.
• Canonical Name (CName): Asks for the “real name” of a server when given a
“nickname” or alias. For example, mail.apple.com might have a canonical name of
MailSrv473.apple.com.
• Pointer (PTR): Asks for the domain name of a given IP address (reverse lookup).
• Mail Exchanger (MX): Asks which computer in a zone is used for email.
• Start Of Authority (SOA): Asks for name server information shared with other name
servers and possibly the email address of the technical contact for this name server.
• Text (TXT): Asks for text records used by the administrator.
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