[Samba] dynamic DNS updates by DHCP script only for IPv4

Thomas Schachtner Thomas.schachtner at eltheim.de
Wed Nov 22 07:49:33 UTC 2023


Hi folks,
after having received great help from you guys, I dare to ask another 
question here.
I am working with a system which has IPv6 enabled and where clients 
should update their AAAA records as soon as they have been assigned by 
the DHCPv6 server.

(As a side-question: I know that DHCPv6 is not very common and that 
SLAAC is very common, but how do that people use DNSv6 registration 
then? Only DNS(v4) is only a workaround, given that the future may be 
IPv6 some time and as soon as dual-stack configurations are not 
necessary anymore, they have serious problems with name resolution of 
their clients which have their IP addresses automatically assigned. Or 
am I missing something?)

I am using the script from the following page, which is working 
perfectly fine - for IPv4 addresses:
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Configure_DHCP_to_update_DNS_records

Is there a similar script (or an extension of the current one) also 
available for IPv6? (I don't think that I can update by myself...)
Or (again) am I missing some important point and my issue can be solved 
differently?

Best
Tom



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