by zix on Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:16 pm For what it's worth, here is a tip on how to flush the DNS cache for those Mac users who - like me - haven't been able to log in to home-barista since the server move because of those stubborn DNS caches.
Admins, if you find that this works, perhaps you could work the flush DNS for Mac info up on the first page of the old server too, together with the information for windows users.
Number one is always to empty your browser cache, of course. Shortcut is cmd-E in Safari (Safari>Empty cache...).
(Also, holding down the option button while clicking the reload button should force the browser to read the one web page you are at directly from the web site, not using the browser cache. Which doesn't help in this case, though, but it may help in other cases...)
Knowing these tricks is good, but doesn't help you flush DNS cache. When on Mac OS X you can use the Terminal (in Applications/Utilities) for this. It is useful for many other things too, but in this case:
Write the command "lookupd -flushcache" if you are on OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or earlier.
If on 10.5 (Leopard), instead use the new command "dscacheutil -flushcache".
I use 10.4, have tried the above and it has worked for me.
More info on this here:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071027100807321
and here:
http://inertramblings.com/2004/05/11/mac-os-x-clearing-dns-cache/
