Joined Ubuntu doesn't update DNS record

[etique]

Hello,

I have started a domain with UCS which is named domain.example.net as per the recommendation here (for the same reasons):
Change DNS A record of forward-zone

DHCP is managed by my router.

I can join my Ubuntu computer to it (hostname ubuntu2), it appears in the “computers” section properly (as ubuntu2) but the DNS record (forward & reverse) are not updated. There’s no error I can see in /var/syslog/.

Is it normal?

Thanks a lot!

[boospy]

What i know, this will only set with Windows Clients. So we set a fixed DHCP Adress with the MAC before we join an Ubuntu, and everything is fine.

[etique]

Thanks, this is what I observed as well.

I fail to see the rationale behind that, because in that case it relies on the upstream DNS server to resolve the linux machine names… I understand it might be required for windows & Netbios to work, but why not doing the same for Linux machines?

[boospy]

Good question…

[etique]

I found this:

Configuring DNS entry to pick up IP in the DHCP

Good afternoon everyone, I am testing the Univention 1 week and am enjoying quite the solution you intend to implement in place of other solutions such as AD or Zentyal. However I am unsure of how to implement a function, to the client get an IP via DHCP, automatically create the DNS entry. That the old Resara Server was the standard, however it seems that the Univention is not. Someone who uses and can tell me how to do, I would appreciate it.

It seems that it is intended indeed.