On Fri, 2015-02-27 at 18:59 +0000, Roderick Johnstone wrote: > On 27/02/15 18:33, Simo Sorce wrote: > > On Fri, 2015-02-27 at 18:19 +0000, Roderick Johnstone wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> I'm trying to migrate of my NIS databases to freeipa and have got to the > >> hosts database. > >> > >> In NIS a typical entry is: > >> ipaddress canonical_name [aliases...] > >> > >> but I don't see how to enter the ipaddress or aliases using the ipa > >> host-* commands. Is that possible? > >> > >> Maybe this is supposed to be done with the ipa dns commands, but I don't > >> want freeipa to control the dns as we have an existing external dns > >> infrastructure to fit into. > >> > >> How should I configure freeipa to do host lookups for aliases like NIS > >> does? > > > > While NIS supports hosts maps, FreeIPA strongly encourages the use of > > DNS, as such we do not have direct means of providing or querying hosts > > maps. > > > > Simo. > > > > > > > ok so I have to see how we can run the freeipa servers as dns servers > alongside the corporate servers for our domain. > > I'm not sure how to proceed since I've no idea what the issues could be. > Can you give me any hints or point to any docs?
Is the problem that you cannot add entries to the corporate DNS server ? It is recommended to have a delegation or at least forwarding between name servers to avoid headaches. Simo. -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York -- Manage your subscription for the Freeipa-users mailing list: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users Go To http://freeipa.org for more info on the project