[CLUE-Tech] reverse DNS

[David Anselmi]

David L. Willson wrote:
> One other use is that many distros are configured to determine their 
> hostname from Reverse DNS.  OK, this is the address I got from DHCP, so 
> I must be...

For some things, like domain name, this seems to be the only way for the 
box to get the info.  For boxen with static IPs that's fine as either 
DNS or /etc/hosts will be right.

> Unfortunately, in all networks other than my home one, where I have a 
> reservation for every box that matters, the name that comes back is 
> usually from some Win2k or XP box that had the address before.

You may be able to get the *nix machine to do dynamic DNS updates which 
is what the Win boxes do.  But that may be a big headache too, depending.

Dave