[Freeipa-users] DNS / Allow PTR sync

[Martin Kosek]

On 11/06/2012 10:38 AM, Petr Spacek wrote:
> Hello Mike,
> 
> are you talking about IPA WebUI or CLI or DNS dynamic update mechanism? On
> which distribution and IPA version?
> 
> On 11/05/2012 10:35 PM, Michael Mercier wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> A couple of questions regarding DNS / Allow PTR sync.
>>
>> 1.  If you have a zone 'example.com' and you enable "Allow PTR sync", should
>> you also enable the option in the reverse zone (e.g. 168.192.in-addr-arpa.)?
> In webUI - just check the box "Create reverse" while adding a new A record.
> "Allow PTR sync" affects only DNS dynamic update.
> 
>> 2.  Do you have to wait a specified amount of time for the PTR record to be
>> removed after you remove a host?
> No, you don't. Change in webUI should be done immediately. For some time you
> can see old data on DNS clients because DNS caches all the data extensively.
> 
>>
>> e.g.
>>
>> 1.  Add 'testhost', 192.168.10.10 to 'example.com' (with Allow PTR sync
>> enabled on the zone) with 'Create reverse' enabled.
>> 2.  Remove 'testhost' from 'example.com'
>> 3.  Check 168.192.in-addr.arpa. zone and host 'testhost' still exists.

Did you have "Remove entries from DNS" checkbox checked when removing a host?
Alternatively, you would need to use --updatedns option if you were running it
via CLI.

If yes, then please file a ticket as Petr suggested.

Thank you,
Martin