Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi! > He's talking out of his bottom. > > I also walk the Dark Path, and I administer a Small Business Server 2003, > based on Windows Server 2003. It has an Etch server, two routers and a > printer in the forward lookup zone of the local domain, absolutely none of > which are domain members, b

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:37:23PM +0100, Joe wrote: > Mirco Piccin wrote: >> Hi all. >> I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows environment. Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. They are configured with a static ip ad

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Joe
Mirco Piccin wrote: Hi all. I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows environment. Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. They are configured with a static ip address and have samba installed and working. Is there some problem with ad

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi all! > I too ran into that issue with the 2k3 DNS server I use. For me, I just > set up the nsupdate command within a cron job to run weekly. The forced > update resets the time counter on our 2k3 DNS server. I do not know if > it is the same on yours. > > I read the man pages again and did

RE: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Stackpole, Chris
>I am not the Windows Administrator. So i call the man who administer >the DNS and DHCP server. >He tell me that the Windows 2003 DNS service does not allow dns entry >update if the machine is not registered in Active Directory. > >Of course those Debian machine are NOT registered in AD. >So, the w

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi all. > > I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows > > environment. > > Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. > > They are configured with a static ip address and have samba installed and > > working. > Is there some problem with addin

RE: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Stackpole, Chris
>To be honest, I am not sure why that did not work. To be sure I typed >out everything to you correctly, I just added a Debian Lenny machine to >the Windows 2k3 DNS server at my work with the same (cut and paste) >directions. It worked right off the bat. > >I am 100% certain that this is the utilit

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Joe
Mirco Piccin wrote: Hi all. I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows environment. Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. They are configured with a static ip address and have samba installed and working. Any tips? Is there some problem

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi all! On 6/25/08, Stackpole, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris understand well my situation. > So i try his suggest: > # apt-get install dnsutils > # touch /etc/nsupdate.conf > > edit that file in this way: > > update delete HostName.DomainName.com. A > update add HostName.DomainNam

RE: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Stackpole, Chris
Chris understand well my situation. So i try his suggest: # apt-get install dnsutils # touch /etc/nsupdate.conf edit that file in this way: update delete HostName.DomainName.com. A update add HostName.DomainName.com. 86400 A 192.168.1.1 show send quit (where HostName.DomainName.com is my Debian

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi and thanks all. > Ahhh, the Socrates method, my fav form of instruction. > > Mirco, as Ron is hinting at and as I said (see the "first idea" I had) run a > DNS server. DNS came about because sys admin became to in shape and > physically dangerous to there managers from all the running around t

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Wednesday 25 June 2008 09:59:33 am Ron Johnson wrote: Snip > > > > Yes, i know, if i modify hosts file both in linux and in windows machine > > i will not have more problems to ping those 2 new Debian servers. > > But there are a lot of people (and computer) that use services running > > on tho

RE: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Stackpole, Chris
Hi all. I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows environment. Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. They are configured with a static ip address and have samba installed and working. Any tips? Thanks! Regards M Hello, I believe you are

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread elijah r.
Hi Mirco, Unless I am mistaken, if you don't have a DNS Server then winbind should do the trick. -Elijah On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Mirco Piccin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. > I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows > environment. > Servers work like a cha

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/08 08:51, Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi! >> Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. > > Thanks Bob: >> You may need to add relevant entries to the hosts file in each windows > machine > > ...and Damon for yours repl

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi! > Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. Thanks Bob: > You may need to add relevant entries to the hosts file in each windows machine ...and Damon for yours replies > If you put those entries into another hosts hosts file, then you can ping this > host from tha

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Wednesday 25 June 2008 09:14:42 am Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi all. > I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows > environment. > Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. > They are configured with a static ip address and have samba installed an

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Bob Cox
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 15:14:42 +0200, Mirco Piccin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all. > I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows > environment. > Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. > They are configured with a static ip address and