Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:08:28 -0400 From: Michael Joyner <mjoyner@vbservices.net> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nsupdate(8) rc.d Script Message-ID: <415AA5BC.6050302@vbservices.net> In-Reply-To: <20040929055425.GA47888@blossom.cjclark.org> References: <20040928051708.GA3706@blossom.cjclark.org> <4159A8E2.5070207@vbservices.net> <20040929055425.GA47888@blossom.cjclark.org>
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M$ DNS runs on top of M$ AD I am hoping your script (not tested it yet) will save me the hassle of having to manually put the unit's hostname into /etc/dhclient.conf. It would probably be nice if dhclient had an option to auto-send the machine's assigned hostname in /etc/rc.conf to the DHCP server (M$) as the M$ DHCP server, if set to, will auto-update the M$ DNS to add the machine's hostname to DNS. If there is such an option, I can't find it. :) I am thinking that your script may allow a simple '="YES"' entry in /etc/rc.conf and have it directly update the DNS records whether the machine is using static IP or dynamic IP, which would be *extremely* nice in a M$ controlled network. Now if only someone would come up with "pam_add_user_to_master.passwd" along with a "pam_make_user_a_home_dir" upon a successful KRB authenticated login. :) (or maybe a pam_root_preexec ala SAMBA) Maybe even a pam_cache_credentials for laptops. :) Crist J. Clark wrote: > On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 02:09:38PM -0400, Michael Joyner wrote: > >>I think this would be exremely useful for *bsd machines on Active >>Directory networks. > > > Microsoft Active Directory? I thought that was bastardized LDAP? It > uses DNS updates for something? If so, let me know if there is anything > to do to make the script more useful in such an environment. > > >>This way I can (hopefully) stop mucking around with /etc/dhclient.conf >>to get it to send 'hostname' to the DNS server and DHCP server. > > > Is it a ISC DHCP server? I've had a pretty easy time getting FreeBSD > clients to send hostname info which the DHCP server which then does > updates to a BIND DNS server. Like I said earlier, my original motivation > was self-updating for IPv6 addresses just like IPv6 hosts pretty much > configure themselves with rtsol(8). Well, since it's all ISC software, > you would hope it all plays well together. Does using MS in the mix make > life rough?
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