I am not absolutely sure but I think that NT updates its DNS from the
WINS database. If so, it will only add other Windows machines to the
DNS database.
"Olivier DUGEON - FT.CNET/BD/DAC/ARP" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> At our office, the dhcp server is NT4 server :-( By the way, i can get
> an IP address from my linux box with dhcpcd or pump. But, the NT server
> is couple with the DNS/NIS server (unix box) i.e. When the NT server
> attribute a new ip address to an windows box (9x or NT) it transfer the
> new coordinate (hostname, ip address and mac address) to the NIS/DNS
> server. After a short delay, the new PC are registred in the unix
> community, and you can apply some authentification (export NFS file only
> to a group of machine ...) restriction.
>
> Now, the pb: When i boot my PC (in NT os) i got an address and all work
> fine with DNS/NIS. If i reboot (cold or warm boot) my PC under linux i
> got an IP address, but a different than under NT. All work expected
> DNS/NIS. In fact, the NT server don't transfer the new coordinate to the
> DNS/NIS server.
>
> I try different option both for pump and dhcpcd (Mdk-6.1) : -r for NT
> compatibilities, -h <hostname> for identification ... all without
> success. Furthermore, i can't get the same IP address twice : run dhcpcd
> and get an IP address A, kill dhcpcd with /sbin/dhcpcd -k, run again
> dhcpcd and get a new IP address B. After that, the server rotate
> beetween A and B IP address.
>
> If somebody have any clue/experience about dhcpcd and NT server dhcp ?
>
> Thank's for any help.
>
> Olivier
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