A Linux / Windows DNS question

[Yu Meng Chong]

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

> None of the above. I have a set of tools that maintain ldap for our
> linux system including ldap host and dns records. After creating a
> new
> host entry, at present we have to login to a Windows server to enter
> DNS information via the GUI. I want all of that to be handled by the
> tool that maintains ldap (ie openldap not the Widows ldap function).


Ah! Ok - well, you will probably need to trigger a script on the Windows
Server to update the DNS record. You could use the dnscmd.exe command 
and put it in a DOS script (examples here:
http://www.petri.co.il/dnscmd_command_in_windows_2000_2003.htm) and get
a script to call it or something (or schedule the DOS script to run 
every few hours). Not a very elegant solution, I admit.

On another note, you may want to persuade the administrator to switch 
DNS and DHCP services to a Linux system instead. Leaving such critical 
services on a platform that is so vulnerable to viruses and malware is 
just asking for trouble - and I speak from experience!

Regards,
pascal chong