On 01/21/2014 10:36 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: > On 01/21/2014 09:54 AM, bruce wrote: >> tim.. >> >> i have complete control over the local dns >> >> the local client machines are given hostnames upon creation/boot up.. >> >> the idea is to be able to have someone within the local network, >> who'[s machine has been configured to point to the local dns, to be >> able to use the boxname "foo" to get to the machine instead of the >> ipaddress of the "foo" box. >> >> normally,, all of this would be handled by thre dhcp server.. in this >> case it isn't. >> >> so you need to do a kludge which involves updating the local dns >> server/records with the updated mapped ip/name. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Allegedly, on or about 21 January 2014, bruce sent: >>>> some of us who deall with getting dhcp ipp addresses, don't have >>>> access to managing the dhcp server!!! >>> >>> And you have access to a DNS server that you can reprogram?? >>> >>> If so, then have a look at the already existing coding for the DHCP >>> servers, and apply the same with your client. >>> >>> -- >>> [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp >>> Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 >>> >>> All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point >>> trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the >>> public lists. >>> >>> George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not >>> a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> users mailing list >>> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>> Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct >>> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >>> Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > can you 'dig @primaryDNS your.domain.com axfr' the primary DNS server? If you can't you probably won't be able to do what you are > hoping to achieve as the primary name server isn't allowing you to do a zone transfer. You would essentially have to know each and > every host and do a name lookup of each and every host one at a time and capture that information and build your zone(s) that way. > > Kevin > better yet, why don't you just point the dns clients to the primary dns server, set the domain to search, and do the name resolution that way? Kevin -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
