Yes, instinctively I tried that but it didn't work (dscacheutil -flushcache). Since external hostnames were resolving with terminal, DNS cache wasn't the issue in this case.
-----Original Message----- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: dns issue with browser (OS X) Is there a way to flush the DNS cache on a Mac? -----Original Message----- From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 11:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: dns issue with browser (OS X) No proxy settings in Firefox or Safari. -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: dns issue with browser (OS X) Doublecheck the browser/OS proxy settings. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:52:56 -0800 Subject: dns issue with browser (OS X) > Hi All, > > > > I have one specific user using a Mac who cannot resolve DNS properly in > Firefox or Safari on OS X 10.6.8. They can ping by hostnames just fine. > They can get to any website by IP just fine but not by hostname. Any > ideas? I'm stumped and Google hasn't been very helpful this morning. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jimmy > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
