> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tim Hare > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: A new question > > > Now that my Linux partition is up, how do I get the external > DNS server to > know its name? The DNS chapter in SG24-4987 describes a lot > about how DNS > works and how to forward requests to our company's DNS server > (in fact it > looks like the installation process set that up after asking > me for the IP > address of the DNS server) - but it doesn't say how this > host's name gets > associated with its IP address in DNS. Is that a manual or automatic > process? > > Tim Hare
IIRC, it is a manual process. The person who "owns" your DNS server must "register" your Linux system's IP address and name in the server. I don't know of a way to do this automatically, although the Windows Active Directory at work does do this. So there may be a way, but I don't know what it is. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
