Hi All,

I have a Windows 2003 AD Domain with DHCP and DNS running on the DC. No
problems there.

But Linux (RHEL4) boxes that successfully get IP addresses from the DHCP
server, with the lease showing the hostname do not appear in the DNS,
neither forward nor reverse zones.

DHCPed Windows boxes do appear in both zones of the DNS.

I have added the
DHCP_HOSTNAME=computer.domain.com
line to the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 but it doesn't
seem to have the effect that several RedHat articles seem to say it
will. I also tried
DHCP_HOSTNAME="computer.domain.com"
which I saw in one article but that didn't either.

I think I remember that it did work at one point. Is it possible that a
recent HotFix to the DNS broke this ?

Is there anyway I can get my Linux boxes listed in my DNS, both Forward
and Reverse Zones

Thanks,
Max

In news:OX274Ye2HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl,
atomax@nospam.nospam <atomax@gmail.com> typed:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a Windows 2003 AD Domain with DHCP and DNS running on the DC.
> No problems there.
>
> But Linux (RHEL4) boxes that successfully get IP addresses from the
> DHCP server, with the lease showing the hostname do not appear in the
> DNS, neither forward nor reverse zones.
>
> DHCPed Windows boxes do appear in both zones of the DNS.
>
> I have added the
> DHCP_HOSTNAME=computer.domain.com
> line to the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 but it doesn't
> seem to have the effect that several RedHat articles seem to say it
> will. I also tried
> DHCP_HOSTNAME="computer.domain.com"
> which I saw in one article but that didn't either.
>
> I think I remember that it did work at one point. Is it possible that
> a recent HotFix to the DNS broke this ?
>
> Is there anyway I can get my Linux boxes listed in my DNS, both
> Forward and Reverse Zones
>
> Thanks,
> Max

In the zone, make sure you it is not set to Secure Updates ONly. Also in
DHCP properties, DNS tab, set it to force all clients that cannot update
themselves (such as Linus, Macs, etc).

--
Regards,
Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT,
MVP Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer

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