NFS help

[Otto Haliburton]

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> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:32 AM
> To: 'Getting started with Red Hat Linux'
> Subject: RE: NFS help
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> > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:14 AM
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> > Subject: Re: NFS help
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> > On 8/28/05, Otto Haliburton <ottohaliburton at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > I am so glad that you caught the correct name, hahaha. But I don't
> know
> > what
> > > you are saying.  The purpose of the DNS is to resolve the names on a
> > network
> > > and everyone reports there, if your keberous server changed it's ip
> > address
> > > then it will be resolve in the DNS (dynamic Name server hahaha)
> >
> > If my kerberos server changes its IP then DNS will be broken unless I
> > configure the DNS server to hand out my kerberos server's new IP. It
> > doesn't happen by magic.
> >
> > John
> >
> The point is it is magic.  A protocol exist through out the network where
> as
> addresses are resolved by some one.  Routing tables and everything are
> constantly being updated and changed according to what is up and what is
> down and what has changed.  Networks are not static and they do change,
> well
> something has to keep up with these changes the DNS and routing tables are
> the means by which this is done, I am not saying that you can't have
> static
> addresses on the network, but whatever address is reported is the address
> that the DNS will report and I think that what you are saying is
> confusing.
> If your server has a static address it is reporting that to the DNS and
> that
> address will be reported.  The DNS only reports what is reported to it as
> the address.  The assignment of dynamic addresses is done by the DHCP and
> that is the relationship.  So what you are saying is confused and frankly
> out of sorts.  That is why I don't understand what you are saying.  There
> is
> a relationship between all elements of the network, but the main element
> is
> to resolve addresses so that you can send messages where ever you have
> access freely so if your server changes it IP address it will get reported
> with the new address and the DNS is not broken your server is broken.  The
> DNS does not assign addresses get it.
> 
> 
by the way there is no dynamic assignment of names on the network.