[plug] Dynamic DNS configuration - Ignore this for now

[Steve Boak]

I've found there is a whole lot more to learn for this, so no hurry for an 
answer - I think I have about a week of reading before I get serious with the 
configuration files!

Steve

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 03:52 pm, Steve Boak wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I'm trying to configure dynamic DNS on a (Debian Woody) server with several
> windoze boxes attached on a private lan. I already use dhcp to give out IP
> addresses, and that works well, but I would like to get the hostnames into
> DNS for ease of talking to the windows machines from the Linux end. The IP
> addresses do change occasionally as machines are changed around on the
> network.
>
> I would like to get this working as a learning exercise anyway, but is
> there an easier way that I haven't thought of?
>
> I have added the following to dhcpd.conf:
>
> ddns-update-style interim;
> ddns-domainname "nannuptc.org.au";
> ddns-updates on;
> deny client-updates;
> allow unknown-clients;
>
> and added the 'allow-update { localhost; };' line to named.conf:
>
> zone "localhost" {
>         type master;
>         file "/etc/bind/db.local";
>         allow-update { localhost; };
> };
>
> My question is, have I done the right thing in adding the 'allow-updates'
> line in the localhost zone, or is this a recursive no-no? Do I need to
> define a new zone for my domain to put this in?
>
> I don't have any test results as I won't be able test this until I am on
> site tomorrow.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve

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