For anyone interested - I've put this guide on my Wiki here: http://code.google.com/p/arsenalsuite/wiki/UserHostDnsMapping

If anyone has any questions or suggestions please let me know!

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For I.T. personnel a common request is "there's something wrong with my machine". Depending on your naming convention, asset management system, inventory tracking or memory - you need to know which machine is theirs.

This is a simple database backed DNS system that tracks what machines a user is using for direct VNC, ssh, RDP, etc access.

ex.

$ host barry.robison.drd.users barry.robison.drd.users is an alias for om012223.drd.int. om012223.drd.int has address 10.19.33.167

$ host windows.barry.robison.drd.users windows.barry.robison.drd.users is an alias for om012223.drd.int. om012223.drd.int has address 10.19.33.167

$ host linux.barry.robison.drd.users linux.barry.robison.drd.users is an alias for om012028.drd.int. om012028.drd.int has address 10.19.33.3

user.name.your.domain will point to the most recent machine they have logged into, while OS.user.name.your.domain points to a specific operating system, which is handy when people have multiple machines.

Login scripts exist for osx, linux, windows which update the dns database. We use the open source "mydns" system running on a Linux host, with a Postgresql backend.

cheers, -Barry

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Barry that's great. Do you think you could repost your article in either the blog or wiki section of the www.studiosysadmins.com site for future reference. :)

-John

-----Original Message----- From: studiosysadmins-discuss-bounces@mailman.studiosysadmins.com [mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-bounces@mailman.studiosysadmins.com] On Behalf Of Barry Robison Sent: March 4, 2010 6:37 PM To: Studio Sysadmins Subject: User to host DNS mapping

For anyone interested - I've put this guide on my Wiki here: http://code.google.com/p/arsenalsuite/wiki/UserHostDnsMapping

If anyone has any questions or suggestions please let me know!

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For I.T. personnel a common request is "there's something wrong with my machine". Depending on your naming convention, asset management system, inventory tracking or memory - you need to know which machine is theirs.

This is a simple database backed DNS system that tracks what machines a user is using for direct VNC, ssh, RDP, etc access.

ex.

$ host barry.robison.drd.users barry.robison.drd.users is an alias for om012223.drd.int. om012223.drd.int has address 10.19.33.167

$ host windows.barry.robison.drd.users windows.barry.robison.drd.users is an alias for om012223.drd.int. om012223.drd.int has address 10.19.33.167

$ host linux.barry.robison.drd.users linux.barry.robison.drd.users is an alias for om012028.drd.int. om012028.drd.int has address 10.19.33.3

user.name.your.domain will point to the most recent machine they have logged into, while OS.user.name.your.domain points to a specific operating system, which is handy when people have multiple machines.

Login scripts exist for osx, linux, windows which update the dns database. We use the open source "mydns" system running on a Linux host, with a Postgresql backend.

cheers, -Barry

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