RE: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server
>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 way suggested by Chris is of course the right one, but in the
>case below explained.
>
>The solution could be:
>- add the Debian machine in the AD (i'm not good enough yet :-D), but
>the Windows admin will not be very happy for this - he reads that
>maybe required an installation of Windows Services for UNIX 3.5
Active Directory and I don't really get along so I am the first to admit
that I do not know a lot about it; however, I do not see why he would
need to install Windows Services for UNIX on the 2k3 server. From my
understanding, it is a simple DNS update, he shouldn't need to install
anything on his end.
>- enter manually the DNS entry on DNS server : here that admin tell me
>that due to some feature that i don't remember (sorry), there will be
>the risk that the DNS server delete that entry after 7/14 days if not
>queried for that period.
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 a quick google search. It looks like
this is possible to use with nsupdate, you just need to pass the right
information (which for you, I do not know what that would be). My
suggestion would be to read the man page and google whatever terms you
think might help you so that you know what flags will do the job.
Good luck. Have fun!
~Stack~
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