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Old 02-09-2010, 02:30 PM   #1
jrwsod
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How to make a linux machine with a static IP address dynamically add its hostname to


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How to make a linux machine with a static IP address dynamically add its hostname to DNS

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I had searched for this answer for hours and finally was able to cobble together enough pieces of the puzzle to compile this "how to" document. There are many references to adding the DHCP_HOSTNAME parameter to the ifcfg-ethX file. While that approach will work for DHCP it will not for statically assigned IP addresses.

Please note: This "how to" only addresses registering a statically assigned IP dynamically with DNS - WINS/NETBIOS is not used. In this example I am using non-secure dynamic updates to a Windows 2003 DNS server that is active directory enabled.
 
Old 02-15-2010, 08:46 PM   #2
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Why using so many applications to get the IP Address?
You are using 4 applications when you do (single line):
Code:
ADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr' | awk '{print $2}' | sed -e s/.*://`
Why not only use 2 applications and do (single line also):
Code:
ADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | sed -n '/inet addr:/s=[^:]*:\([^ ]*\).*=\1=;2p'`
To handle an unassigned address:
Code:
ADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | sed -n '/inet addr:/p' | sed 's=[^:]*:\([^ ]*\).*=\1='`

Last edited by allanf; 02-15-2010 at 09:01 PM. Reason: Changed to handle no IP address assigned handling.
 
  


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