DDNS from Win2k DC troubles

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Thu Jan 18 23:50:24 UTC 2001


Underscores are illegal in hostnames, Microsoft is violating the rules. You'll
have to lower your name-checking on the zone to "check-names warn;" or
"check-names ignore;" if you want to accommodate this violation.


- Kevin

Perry Taylor wrote:

> I'm fairly new at DNS administration and am at a loss to resolve a problem.
>
> We've got a Windows 2000 Server running AD.  It's name server is BIND
> 8.2.2-P5 running on RedHat 6.2.  We have enabled dynamic updates on the DNS
> and most all requests for updates from the Win2K DC seem to update correctly
> on the DNS with one exception:
>
>     "gc._msdcs.corp.domain.com."
>
> The DC logs the following error in the system event log...
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: NETLOGON
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 5774
> Date:  1/18/2001
> Time:  2:44:08 PM
> User:  N/A
> Computer: HERMAN
> Description:
> Registration of the DNS record 'gc._msdcs.corp.cdsi.com. 600 IN A
> 192.168.0.2' failed with the following error:
> DNS server unable to interpret format.
> Data:
> 0000: 29 23 00 00               )#..
>
> All other requests for updates appear successful, how do I determine if this
> is a problem with BIND or with the request sent by the DC?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Perry Taylor
> Canyon Data Solutions, Inc.






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