> addresses. I found some perl scripts on the web which run periodically > on the DNS/DHCP server and update the DNS with the names of the > workstations and their IP addresses. It works very well and is very
I think I saw the scripts you're talking about. From memory they were called DNS-DHCP or something like that. Or do you use another one? The problem with that was it didn't work on my RH 7.2 box, and the documentation was so sparse and outdated (although I did find some recent documentation in French - but that doesn't really help me). Maybe you have a more recent one or even better a working one? I dropped it at the time still not working when I read the BIND article that said named and dhcpd could now do this. Turns out I can't get it to work either. > convenient. I don't have to worry about /etc/hosts files or setting up > static IPs for new computers attaching to the network. It's a small > network so I pretty much know every computer that gets attached. I just > have to configure each computer that gets connected for DHCP and a > hostname and everything works. That's what the documentation promised, yes. From memory you just put the script in a CRON job and it was supposed to work it's magic (OK, not immediately unless you run it every second which is stupid), but even a 2 to 5 minute cron job would have sufficed me. But like I said. It never worked for me..... :( > >From the previous discussion I'm now beginning to wonder if the latest > DHCP will dynamically update the DNS by itself without having to run a > perl script to do it. I may test this out and see if it works. Like I said - go to the BIND web site. Apparently yes, this is exactly what it will do. I just need to get the dang configuration right :) Regards, Edward. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
