how to set up a dyndns-server

[Barry Margolin]

In article <ed48it$1mrd$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "dns-admin" <dns-admin at t-systems.at> wrote:

> hi,
> 
> i'm running "bind-9.2.4-7_EL3" on a "White Box Enterprise Linux release
> 3.0 / Linux version 2.4.21-37.EL".
> 
> lately one of our clients asked us if we can supply him with a
> dyndns-server, so i need to find out
> if my nameserver can act as a dyndns-server.
> 
> i couldn't really find enough info on that while searching the web.
> most of the available info seems to
> focus on dyndns-clients. in addition to that those clients sometimes
> can only deal with dyndns.org and
> not with any other dyndns-server ...
> 
> anyway - how can updates from (windows)clients be done on a linux host?
> 
> i would be glad if you could support me on that or point me to a
> helpful howto-webpage.
> 
> thanks
> dns-admin

See the "nsupdate" command, which is a CLI client to the DNS dynamic 
update protocol.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
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