> > Actually, it's dynamic DNS updates, plain and simple. MS DNS servers > > support it, as well as BIND 8 and above. You can actually make a perl > > So a Win2K DNS server should automatically pick up the Linux client's > hostname without additional configuration on either side? Are you sure > about this?
No, like I said, the client has to announce to the DNS server what it wants... with a windows client, it's something like this: * Client -> DHCP Server: I want an IP. * DHCP Server -> Client: Your IP is 1.2.3.4, your DNS suffix is foobar.com, and your DNS server IP is 1.2.3.1. * Client -> 1.2.3.1 DNS Server: Hi, win2kclient.foobar.com is now 1.2.3.4. * 1.2.3.1 DNS Server -> Client: Okay, DNS updated. In linux, you'd have to do something like write a perl script to use Net::DNS to talk with the DNS sever and do the update. But the protocol itself for announcing updates is standardized. RF _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
