On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 17:11, Edward Dekkers wrote: > > 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?
Yep, those are the scripts I'm using. See my other post for the links. > 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 sparse and outdated (although I did find some recent documentation in 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'm using the scripts on a RedHat 6.2 server so I don't know why the scripts wouldn't work on a 7.2 box. I did have to slightly modify the scripts to get them to work for me. What needed to be modified was described in the README and in the scripts themselves. > > 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 -- Carl D. Blake Director of Engineering Boeckeler Instruments, Inc. 4650 S. Butterfield Dr. Tucson, AZ 85714 Phone: 520-745-0001 FAX: 520-745-0004 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
