[Samba] DHCP, DNS and non-domain members

[Rowland Penny]

On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 17:05:00 +0100
Martin Renner via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi Rowland,
> 
> my problem is, how to get the non-AD members into the DNS?
> Especially, if they are servers and have dynamic IPs from a DHCP
> server?
> 
> As far as I understand, only AD members will update the DNS inside of
> the AD. So do I have to deliver fixed IP addresses via DHCP to
> servers and put a manual entry into the AD DNS?
> 

You run the DHCP server on a DC, see here:

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Configure_DHCP_to_update_DNS_records_with_BIND9

Rowland