Configuring linux to be visible in microsoft DNS domain
I've been trying to have one of our linux box available in the windows domain. The linux box is a ubuntu server without gui or X installed. All manipulations are done from ssh.
Linux box:
- hostname: cactus
- fqdn: cactus.example.com
- ip: 10.0.1.121
Microsoft AD + DNS:
- hostname: example.com
- ip: 10.0.1.115
I followed some tutorials but It still not working. I installed likewise and added my linux box to active directory. I can login using
ssh 'domain\user'@10.0.1.121
But I can't login or ping : cactus.example.com. On my workstation, the nameserver is correctly set to 10.0.1.115 and pinging example.com return the correct ip. But my domain is still invisible.
I heard I only had to join to the domain to make it visible but apparently it's not working.
Any idea how to get that linux box hostnamed resolved by other machine in the network?
Edit
I created an A record under
Forward Lookup Zone
+--> example.com
....+--> host: ip: static
It shows up as static but ping is still not working.
You have to manually add a static A record in DNS for cactus. The Linux server with Likewise installed doesn't have the same "automatically register with DNS" function that Windows clients do.
There's a function to register automagically with DNS.
lw-register-dns
Just build it into a cron, like this one:
1 */1 * * * /opt/likewise/bin/lw-update-dns --ipaddress X.X.X.X &> /dev/null