I have a static IP debian Linux host successfully participating on a Windows 2003 forest and joined to their Win2003 domain. I'd like to have my Samba client update their Windows DNS during Samba startup/shutdown like a typical Windows pc would do... Is this possible and what is the magic tweak?
vr wrote:> I have a static IP debian Linux host successfully participating on a > Windows 2003 forest and joined to their Win2003 domain. > > I'd like to have my Samba client update their Windows DNS during Samba > startup/shutdown like a typical Windows pc would do... Is this > possible and what is the magic tweak?If it has a static address, why not create static DNS entries? I think normally DNS updates are done by the DHCP software so unless you are assigning your static addresses via DHCP I don't think it will work. *Michael Heydon - IT Administrator * michaelh@jaswin.com.au <mailto:michaelh@jaswin.com.au>
On Tue, 27 May 2008 01:11:05 -0400 vr <sambalist@iotk.net> wrote:> I'd like to have my Samba client update their Windows DNS during Samba > startup/shutdown like a typical Windows pc would do... Is this possible > and what is the magic tweak?First off, ensure Samba is built with the "--with-dnsupdate" configure option. If all is well, joining an AD domain (with "net ads join") or doing a "net ads dns register" should both cause a DNS update. Cheers, Dave