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Bill Campbell | 1 Jul 2011 01:03
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Re: A Linux / Windows DNS question

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011, Collins Richey 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.

Use real DNS with Samba providing WINS services to the mentally
challenged?

Bill
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Yu Meng Chong | 2 Jul 2011 07:48

Re: A Linux / Windows DNS question


----- "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
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Collins Richey | 2 Jul 2011 14:24
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Re: A Linux / Windows DNS question

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Yu Meng Chong
>> 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.

>
> 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?

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).

>
> 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.
>

Maybe that's an answer. The company is very Windows centric, and the
Linux systems are concentrated in one department. At present,
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Yu Meng Chong | 3 Jul 2011 05:15

Re: A Linux / Windows DNS question


----- "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
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Collins Richey | 3 Jul 2011 07:42
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Re: A Linux / Windows DNS question

On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Yu Meng Chong <chongym <at> cymulacrum.net> wrote:

>
> 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

Like many companies, management just loves all the troubles associated
with Windows.

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Michael Hipp | 6 Jul 2011 04:03

Google+ invite?

I don't rate. And I'm feeling deprived and left out. Snif.

Anyone have a Google+ invite to share with one of your poor brethren?

Michael
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Andrew Gould | 6 Jul 2011 06:33
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Re: Google+ invite?

I don't have a google+ account or an invite to offer; but since I have
such a high opinion of myself, I can tell you that you're in very good
company.  ;-)

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Michael Hipp <Michael <at> hipp.com> wrote:
> I don't rate. And I'm feeling deprived and left out. Snif.
>
> Anyone have a Google+ invite to share with one of your poor brethren?
>
> Michael
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Steve Jardine | 7 Jul 2011 07:26
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<OT> HTML/Javascript Expertise??

Hiya all,

    Does anyone know what <BODY onload="">  does?

     TIA....

			Steve

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Andrew Gould | 7 Jul 2011 13:47
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Re: <OT> HTML/Javascript Expertise??

See if the link below helps:

http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/document/_BODY_onLoad.html

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Steve Jardine <sjardine <at> acm.org> wrote:
> Hiya all,
>
>    Does anyone know what <BODY onload="">  does?
>
>
>     TIA....
>
>                        Steve
>
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Steve Jardine | 7 Jul 2011 15:24
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Re: <OT> HTML/Javascript Expertise??


I guess what I am asking is that the onload="" - there is no function apparently called here?? So when this
html page is loaded - what does it 'onload'??
I have done many popups, etc with this, but never with onload going to "" ?? 

Ideas??

Thanks...

	Steve

On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 06:47:51 -0500
Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> See if the link below helps:
> 
> http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/document/_BODY_onLoad.html
> 
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Steve Jardine <sjardine <at> acm.org> wrote:
> > Hiya all,
> >
> >    Does anyone know what <BODY onload="">  does?
> >
> >
> >     TIA....
> >
> >                        Steve
> >
> > --
> > Steve Jardine <sjardine <at> acm.org>
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