A Linux / Windows DNS question

[Yu Meng Chong]

----- "Collins Richey" <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've spent a lot of time googling, but found little positive feedback
> on this topic. We have a Linux/Windows mixed environment at work.
> I've
> written (4-5 years ago) a very simple series of web programs (PHP)
> for
> maintaining our ldap people, group, and host records, but more and
> more of our servers are Windows and/or need DNS resolution from the
> Windows DNS servers.
> 
> Does anyone know of a simple way to update Windows DNS from a Linux
> system? I read somewhere that even powershell does not directly
> support updating DNS.
> 

Hi,

Not quite sure what you mean - you're using a Windows DNS server and 
want to replicate records to a Linux server, or do you have a Linux 
server and want to replicate records to a Windows DNS server?

Either way, I would think just setting up one DNS server as 
authoritative, then setup the other DNS server to forward requests to 
the first one should be sufficient. Or, just use the one DNS server as 
authoritative. 

If you want to know how to setup a Linux DNS server as a Dynamic DNS 
server that links to a DHCP server (so that, for example, a new 
workstation or server that connects to the network automatically updates
the DNS server), there are some write-ups on the Internet for that.

Regards,
pascal chong