Herb Martin wrote:

> Not an issue if he only has one DHCP server OR if
> his DHCP servers have never registered the record
> (they aren't yet fighting over it.)

I guess you missed this in Mike's OP.
> I have a Windows 2003 domain with 2 2003 DHCP servers and 3 DNS servers


>
> The point of the credentials is to give all of the
> DHCP servers which might ever update the record
> the same account so the record will (effectively) be
> owned in common.

The best point of the credentials is so the DHCP servers maintain single
ownership of the records all DHCP servers create. Otherwise, "Delete A and
PTR records when lease expires" won't happen because the DHCP servers
doesn't have ownership. This function comes in real handy for removing PTR
records for laptops that register their own records and are usually suddenly
disconnected without releasing their IP lease leaving the PTRs in DNS. It's
not a big problem for A records because laptops are not usually not renamed
while disconnected and can easily overwrite A records with its name because
it owns it. The next time the laptop is connected, it may not be able to
lease the same IP and it cannot update a record it does not own, so it just
registers another PTR.


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