Mrvka Andreas wrote:
as I wrote in my mail, we have active diretory running with dns included .... (standard software: wins, dhcp, dns in the AD)
I have no idea what active directory is nor does, but if you say it acts as a name-server, I'll take your word for it. All you need to do the is have your DHCP-server update your active directory with the newly assigned dynamic IP-addresses.
if I set my suse-box up for gathering IP addresse, it gets one, but the MS dhcp server does not get information about the client name.
Then perhaps you need to debug the DHCP-server.
a windows client just enters the network and sends its name to the dhcp/dns server. its automatically inserted into dhcp and dns. why is it not possible for linux acing the same way? :-(
I'm sure it is, but have you configured your linux client to do so? There's nothing stopping a Linux workstation from using "nsupdate" to add its own name to the nameserver - "nsupdate" being whatever utility that works with "active directory". nsupdate is the utility supplied with BIND. As you are an active directory user, I'm sure you know which Linux utilities are available for it. I would also recommend you read ESRs: "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" - http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html /Per Jessen, Zürich