And it conveniently leaves out the part about how the DHCP client on Win2k and later machines automagically handles it without that setting.
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Povilaitis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 12:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Inconsistency > > > This is straight out of an excellent book on AD. > > Inside Active Directory > A System Administrators Guide > ISBN 0-201-61621-1 > > [DnsUpdateProxy] > "...DHCP servers may dynamically register DNS resource > records on behalf of DHCP clients. In this case, the DHCP > servers become the owners of those records. This is a > problem if the client or some other DHCP server later wants > to start maintaining those records. By placing the computer > objects of the DHCP servers as members in this group, the > servers won't become record owners, so the problem described > here is resolved..." > > - Todd > > -----Original Message----- > From: Oluwaseyi Owoeye [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 09:14 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Inconsistency > > > Thanks Todd, > > But why do I need to add my DHCP Server to the DnsUpdateProxy group? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Povilaitis > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 5:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Inconsistency > > I had the very same problem. It was affecting my scripts > because I wasn't connecting to the machines I thought I was. > > * You need to enable DNS scavenging. Don't set anything > below 48 hours. > * If you are using DHCP, add your DHCP servers to the > DnsUpdateProxy group. > > -Todd > > -----Original Message----- > From: Oluwaseyi Owoeye [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 05:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] DNS Inconsistency > > > Hi Guys, > > I am having a major problem in my organization over here. I > have set up active directory for about 800 users and about > 500 workstations. But for some reasons or the other my DNS > seems to be misbehaving. > When I ping a host I get a reply from a particular IP > address, but when I do a ping -a of the same IP address I get > an entirely different host. For some reason or the other the > record I have in my forward lookup zones and my reverse > lookup zones are not synchronized. > Is there any way I can resolve this inconsistency because it > gets worse and worse everyday. Is there any tool I can use to > correct this. > > Thanks > Seyi > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : > http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > List info : > http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : > http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
