[Samba] A records of computers in domain take long to update

[Rowland Penny]

On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 13:08:19 -0600
Mikel Pérez via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Windows clients
> Sometimes it's not long and happens eventually but sometimes it's been
> hours since the computer was booted and the DNS records still point to
> their previous IP address and I have to go look for their current IP
> address on the router's status page to connect via RDP to them
> Hmph. So I'm at Microsoft's mercy here? Is there not a way to run a
> DHCP server on the samba DC and have that instantly update DNS
> records instead of waiting for the client computers to do it when
> they want?
> 

Provided that you can install isc-dhcp-server on your distro, this
should still work:

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

Rowland