net ads dns register -P will be very useful. The only interim solution for Linux clients I have found would be to let a Windows DHCP server register DNS records on behalf of the Linux clients. Of course this means it would be necessary to use Windows DHCP for your Linux clients.
vi /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf send fqdn.fqdn "hostname.domain.com"; send fqdn.encoded off; send fqdn.server-update on; prepend domain-name "domain.com"; If the Window DNS domain -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerald (Jerry) Carter Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:01 AM To: Paul Smith Cc: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Registering hostnames with an AD server? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Smith wrote: > So now I want to add my Linux desktop and have the > same hostname setting happen... but I can't figure out > how to get it to work. Most of the There's new code in the svn tree for secure DNS updates using the machin trust account password. 'net ads dns register -P'. It works against Windows 2000SP4 and Windows 2003 DNS servers. This will be in the next upgrade release. cheers, jerry ===================================================================== Samba ------- http://www.samba.org Centeris ----------- http://www.centeris.com "What man is a man who does not make the world better?" --Balian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFw2BWIR7qMdg1EfYRAkViAJ9kb0KE5ibqCd9Dew4+LNV5av+9XwCgg0Rq Bu7/pv/FSDhjBnB51ykdKwE= =OAl8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba