Dynamic Reverse Configuration
Kevin Darcy
kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Mon Jul 17 22:34:47 UTC 2006
Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is a bind or dhcpd question, but I'll start here...
>
> I am running a small domain on bind8/FreeBSD 4.11. This includes running
> the isc dhcpd service. I want to configure things so that when a
> machine is issued an address by dhcp, a correct reverse is established
> for that machine. Say I plug in a machine named 'foo' and dhcpd gives
> it an IP of 10.0.0.12. What I want is for the reverse of 10.0.0.12
> to return foo.mydomain.com.
>
> I'm just looking for a pointer to some resources here, not a step by step
> explanation...
>
This requires setting up the DHCP server to send Dynamic Updates to the
DNS server, which then needs to be configured to accept them. It's
_mostly_ a DHCP server topic, so I'd ask first on a DHCP list. Come back
here if you have any trouble configuring the DNS server side.
- Kevin
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