[SGVLUG] How to manage DNS for DHCP-assigned clients?

[Jeff Carlson]

Adam Compton wrote:
> The question I have is this: how would you all keep track of where a 
> given computer was on the network, so that it could be administered 
> remotely and programmatically? For instance, pushing out a new version 
> of a certain configuration file to each computer as soon as it comes on 
> the network, wherever it happens to be in IP-space. I've been given 
> advice to implement dynamic DNS with BIND and DHCP, but I do not control 
> the DHCP server, so I don't believe that is an option. What I'm really 
> looking for is descriptions of how other people have solved similar 
> problems, so I have an idea of what's possible for me to do in this realm.

I'm not sure what you mean by "programatically."  For automated 
administration of a machine, especially to have it grab new config items 
at boot time, the answer is cfengine.  See www.cfengine.org.