paul.rogers@mowlem.com
2006-Jan-16 12:34 UTC
[Samba] Slightly OT - Samba 3 and Windows DNS
Dear All Has any one had any success with getting a Linux box to register with a DNS server hosted on a Windows 2k3 server? This process takes place automatically on the Windows boxes but not at all on the Linux boxes. We run our Intranet/Web servers on Linux but the whole of the rest of our network is run on Windows. In the past we have used SAMBA to maintain WINS entries but would now like to also maintain DNS entries. Is this a samba issue or a Linux/Unix one (I suspect the latter). If Linux how does one fix the problem (PUMP/dhcp)? I know it's slightly OT but assumed that with so many of you using samba, probably in a windows environment some one may have come across this problem before. Many thanks Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and any attachments transmitted with it are confidential (and potentially legally privileged) and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and do not store, copy or disclose the content to any other person. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that opening this message and/or any of its attachments will not adversely affect its systems. No responsibility is accepted by the sender. -------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello,
I am making some changes to our network to split the front office
and back office onto two seperate subnets, but need to keep the same
Samba server in place serving both subnets.
What I am intending to do is install an additional network card into
the server and address this new card for the new subnet. What I am
looking to do is properly broadcast the server's samba
status/availability across both networks and properly serve files/domain
controller data across both subnets.
To do this, I intend to duplicate all the entries in the lmhosts
file in /etc/samba with the only difference being the network that the
server is broadcasting on.
Will this work, or is this more complicated then I am currently seeing?
--
Regards,
Robert Adkins
IT Manager/Buyer
Impel Industries, inc.
586-254-5800
paul.rogers@mowlem.com wrote:> Dear All > > Has any one had any success with getting a Linux box to register with a DNS server hosted on a Windows 2k3 server?This is not samba related, but anyway: I think one would let the DHCP server do the registration in DNS, not the clients themselves. This would work both for Linux and Windows clients obtaining their IP number thru DHCP. Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08 Email: mk@crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk
Mogens Thanks for the answer. The problem that I have is with the Samba servers which have static IP's and so need some way of registering with the DNS server. As I say the Windows servers seem to do it automatically but I need a method for the Linux servers to do it. I thought of maybe doing something with PUMP but hoped some one else may already have solved the problem. Any suggestions? Paul -----Original Message----- From: Mogens Kjaer [mailto:mk@crc.dk] Sent: 17 January 2006 07:19 To: Rogers, Paul Cc: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Slightly OT - Samba 3 and Windows DNS paul.rogers@mowlem.com wrote:> Dear All > > Has any one had any success with getting a Linux box to register with > a DNS server hosted on a Windows 2k3 server?This is not samba related, but anyway: I think one would let the DHCP server do the registration in DNS, not the clients themselves. This would work both for Linux and Windows clients obtaining their IP number thru DHCP. Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08 Email: mk@crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and any attachments transmitted with it are confidential (and potentially legally privileged) and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and do not store, copy or disclose the content to any other person. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that opening this message and/or any of its attachments will not adversely affect its systems. No responsibility is accepted by the sender. -------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear All Many thanks for all the replies. I'll try all your suggestions out and let you know how I get on. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Johnson, Jason R [mailto:Jason.R.Johnson@usd.edu] Sent: 17 January 2006 15:19 To: Rogers, Paul Subject: RE: [Samba] Slightly OT - Samba 3 and Windows DNS You may need to put the samba box on the domain, as a member server. I have used freebsd boxes in the recent past and their dns automatically registered this way. It is a samba issue though.... If your linux box is already a member server on the domain, then it could be something else altogether. Try posting your smb.conf with this question, someone may be able to get you a quick and easy answer that way. Hope this helps!!! -----Original Message----- From: paul.rogers@mowlem.com [mailto:paul.rogers@mowlem.com] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 6:36 AM To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] Slightly OT - Samba 3 and Windows DNS Dear All Has any one had any success with getting a Linux box to register with a DNS server hosted on a Windows 2k3 server? This process takes place automatically on the Windows boxes but not at all on the Linux boxes. We run our Intranet/Web servers on Linux but the whole of the rest of our network is run on Windows. In the past we have used SAMBA to maintain WINS entries but would now like to also maintain DNS entries. Is this a samba issue or a Linux/Unix one (I suspect the latter). If Linux how does one fix the problem (PUMP/dhcp)? I know it's slightly OT but assumed that with so many of you using samba, probably in a windows environment some one may have come across this problem before. Many thanks Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and any attachments transmitted with it are confidential (and potentially legally privileged) and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and do not store, copy or disclose the content to any other person. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that opening this message and/or any of its attachments will not adversely affect its systems. No responsibility is accepted by the sender. -------------------------------------------------------------------