Why can't thr person use ddclient to do this? I missed a lot of this thread but rather than use ddclient to update an IP at dynamic DNS provide, point it where he wants it.
Palmetto Shopper http://www.palmettoshopper.com Serving all of South Carolina and beyond! Palmetto Politics http://www.palmettoshopper.com/politics/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Dekkers > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 10:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Dynamic DNS > > > > > Ronald W. Heiby wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Is this the thing that tells the Linux box to attempt to get itself > > inserted into the DNS for the domain? > > > > I've got a RH 8 box doing DHCP serving and DNS serving for my local > > network. The DNS is also set up to cache and forward > queries for hosts > > outside my network. > > > > When a Windows box (2000, NT, ME, or XP) comes along, it > gets assigned > > an IP address by DHCP. It also shows up with its IP address > in the DNS > > for the local network. > > > > When a RH 8 box comes along, it gets assigned an IP address > by DHCP. > > However, it does NOT show up in DNS. > > > > This drove me nuts for a while, and I spent a lot of time looking > > through documentation and web references. I finally "solved" the > > problem by setting all of the Linux boxes to have fixed IP > addresses, > > and manually added them to the DNS server. I am not happy with this > > "solution", though. Any fix to get Linux boxes with floating DHCP > > assigned IP addresses to appear in the DNS tables would be > > appreciated. > > Apparently this can be done by BIND - although I've never > gotten it to > work. > > Also, there's another DNS daemon out there (dnsjb or something like > that), which is apparently smaller than named AND supports dynamic > updating through DHCP, however, I've never tried it, because there > wasn't enough testimony to say it was good, great or even secure. > > There's also scripts available on the web which scan the > leases file and > update DNS accordingly - I also have never gotten THAT to work. > > Part of the problem is I don't understand enough about BIND. > The concept > of creating different 'zones' and stuff is all beyond me. I'm > using it > as a caching nameserver only and that seems OK. I'm way too good at > breaking things to risk screwing things up. > > If anyone has gotten a nice easy way of updating the DNS via > DHCP, and > would like to share, I'm all ears. > > Regards, > Ed. > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
