Joseph Sinclair wrote: > There are mechanisms to do dynamic DNS in Linux/Unix/Solaris too, and they > work similarly. The machine logs into it's "account" in NIS or LDAP and the > DNS provider uses that information to answer DNS queries. > I recently converted our Active Directory domain from MS/DNS to BIND, replacing the existing "legacy" BIND that was in place for the Linux machines along with replacing the DHCP server. (clustering now) BIND/AD integration is actually very simple in retrospect, it's just not very documented anywhere. Every part is in a different how-to, and some is only on an MS how-to. (my findings) Basically the client updates dynamic DNS when it logs in. You are required to set "allow-update" to every client, unfortunately.
> Note, the Linux Samba client allows Linux to participate in a Windows > network, but Windows has nothing that will allow it to participate in a Linux > network. That's why getting the two systems to interface requires adding > Linux to the Windows AD via Samba, and not the other way around. > > When a person says "Linux network", what do they mean? NFS? There are clients available that allow Windows to use NFS. --Dan --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
