Hi All (sorry for the top-posting)....<br><br>Alan - thanks for the link.  I'll be checking it out / looking it over.<br><br>Jim,<br><br>Based on the nsupdate output (below), it looks like I've hosed up something in my "key".  I used the key string from the .private key file (I've found some search results that say to use the .key and others say to use the .private).<br>
<br>Jim<br><br>[root@dns04 chroot]# nsupdate -d<br>> server 127.0.0.1<br>> key DHCP_UPDATE TrlaHSJXel+L5hqtfev5Gdlwj7B+HqcXQiqXMdZ/8mGXhznkRXf6yMDaQ9rXbx45gFgVpW7PFRHXGsZfUKrFlw==<br>> update add 101.20.10.172.in-addr.arpa. 3600 in ptr   <a href="http://dhcp.coloradostudios.com">dhcp.coloradostudios.com</a>.                                                                                       <br>
> <br>Reply from SOA query:<br>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id:  11212<br>;; flags: qr aa ra; QUESTION: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0<br>;; QUESTION SECTION:<br>;101.20.10.172.in-addr.arpa.    IN    SOA<br>
<br>;; AUTHORITY SECTION:<br>20.10.172.in-addr.arpa.    0    IN    SOA    <a href="http://dns04.coloradostudios.com">dns04.coloradostudios.com</a>. <a href="http://sysmgr.hd.net">sysmgr.hd.net</a>. 2013032600 10800 3600 604800 86400<br>
<br>Found zone name: 20.10.172.in-addr.arpa<br>The master is: <a href="http://dns04.coloradostudios.com">dns04.coloradostudios.com</a><br>Sending update to 127.0.0.1#53<br>Outgoing update query:<br>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: UPDATE, status: NOERROR, id:  25308<br>
;; flags:; ZONE: 1, PREREQ: 0, UPDATE: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1<br>;; UPDATE SECTION:<br>101.20.10.172.in-addr.arpa. 3600 IN    PTR    <a href="http://dhcp.coloradostudios.com">dhcp.coloradostudios.com</a>.<br><br>;; TSIG PSEUDOSECTION:<br>
dhcp_update.        0    ANY    TSIG    <a href="http://hmac-md5.sig-alg.reg.int">hmac-md5.sig-alg.reg.int</a>. 1364496936 300 16 qUBZdqVmksNQtmb1mb9gNQ== 25308 NOERROR 0 <br><br>; TSIG error with server: tsig indicates error<br>
<br>Reply from update query:<br>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: UPDATE, status: NOTAUTH, id:  25308<br>;; flags: qr ra; ZONE: 1, PREREQ: 0, UPDATE: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1<br>;; ZONE SECTION:<br>;20.10.172.in-addr.arpa.        IN    SOA<br>
<br>;; TSIG PSEUDOSECTION:<br>dhcp_update.        0    ANY    TSIG    <a href="http://hmac-md5.sig-alg.reg.int">hmac-md5.sig-alg.reg.int</a>. 1364496936 300 0  25308 BADKEY 0 <br><br>> quit<br>[root@dns04 chroot]# <br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Jim Glassford <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmglass@iup.edu" target="_blank">jmglass@iup.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

  
    
  
  <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    <div>Hi Jim,<br>
      <br>
      No, sorry, wrong IP address, the real IP address of the dns
      server, not the client.<br>
      <br>
      zone <a href="http://dhcp.coloradostudios.com" target="_blank">dhcp.coloradostudios.com</a>.
      {<br>
         primary your_dns_server_IP_address;                        
      <----- change from 127.0.0.1  <br>
         key DHCP_UPDATER;<br>
      }<br>
      <br>
      Also do you have a /var/log/named.log file or debug log file for
      named, other than messages, might have more information.<br>
      Can try nsupdate with debug to see if this gives any clue also.<br>
      nsupdate -d<br>
      > server your_dns_server_here<br>
      > key  your_key_here<br>
      > update add 101.20.10.172.in-addr.arpa. 3600 in ptr   <a href="http://dhcp-172-10-20-101.coloradostudios.com" target="_blank">dhcp-172-10-20-101.coloradostudios.com</a>.<br>
      >  do extra CR to get it to go<br>
       <br>
      should see lots of debug information here<br>
      ><br>
      > quit<br>
      <br>
      man nsupdate<br>
      <br>
      best!<br>
      jim<br>
      <br>
      On 3/28/2013 1:52 PM, Jim Bucks wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite">No I have not tried that, but .101 is a leased IP
      address for a Windows workstation.<br>
      <br>
      I'm willing to try it, but it seems like that would mean I would
      need a zone like this for all of my leased addresses???<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      Jim<br>
      <br>
      <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Jim
        Glassford <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmglass@iup.edu" target="_blank">jmglass@iup.edu</a>></span>
        wrote:<br>
        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
          <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
            <div>Hi Jim,<br>
              <br>
              Lost track but have you tried using the IP address of the
              server for the primary, 172.10.20.101 instead of
              127.0.0.1?<br>
              <br>
              zone <a href="http://dhcp.coloradostudios.com" target="_blank">dhcp.coloradostudios.com</a>.
              {<br>
                 primary 172.10.20.101;                        
              <----- change from 127.0.0.1  <br>
                 key DHCP_UPDATER;<br>
              }<br>
              <br>
              <br>
              best!<br>
              jim<br>
              <br>
              <br>
              On 3/28/2013 1:31 PM, Jim Bucks wrote:<br>
            </div>
            <blockquote type="cite">Hi Sten,<br>
              <br>
              Thanks for the response,  I only dabble in DNS setups
              every 5 years (or so).  I really thought this would be a
              "no brainer", and most likely have some simple command /
              syntax error causing all of this.<br>
              <br>
              From /var/log/messages<br>
              <br>
              Mar 28 11:22:57 dns04 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 172.10.20.101 to
              00:0b:cd:33:b6:49 (proccilapxp) via eth1<br>
              Mar 28 11:22:57 dns04 dhcpd: Unable to add forward map
              from <a href="http://dhcp-172-10-20-101.coloradostudios.com" target="_blank">dhcp-172-10-20-101.coloradostudios.com</a>
              to <a href="http://172.10.20.101" target="_blank">172.10.20.101</a>: timed out<br>
              Mar 28 11:22:57 dns04 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 172.10.20.101
              (172.10.5.5) from 00:0b:cd:33:b6:49 (proccilapxp) via eth1<br>
              Mar 28 11:22:57 dns04 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 172.10.20.101 to
              00:0b:cd:33:b6:49 (proccilapxp) via eth1<br>
              <br>
              <br>
              <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:26 AM,
                Sten Carlsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stenc@s-carlsen.dk" target="_blank">stenc@s-carlsen.dk</a>></span>
                wrote:<br>
                <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                  <div bgcolor="#FFFFCC" text="#000000"> Apparently the
                    DHCP server tries to put the change into BIND but
                    times out. What does the named log tell about this?<br>
                    <br>
                    Either it did see the request or it will have an
                    explanation why it won't do it.<br>
                    <br>
                    <div>On 28/03/13 18:18, Jim Bucks wrote:<br>
                    </div>
                    <blockquote type="cite">Hi Mark, Graham, &
                      others.<br>
                      <br>
                      I've spent the last day trying all sorts of things
                      to get this working (to no avail).  I'm still at
                      the stage of DHCP offering the lease IP address,
                      but the DNS is not automatically updating the two
                      "zones" files with the newly leased addresses.<br>
                      <br>
                      Here is a grief summary of what I tried/changed.<br>
                         - Added the group named to the dhcpd user<br>
                         - moved the two zones files into
                      /var/named/chroot/var/named/slaves/  (was
                      internal/)<br>
                         - added ENABLE_ZONE_WRITE=yes to
                      /etc/sysconfig/named<br>
                         - grabbed a current version named.conf file and
                      added the bare minimum config into into it.<br>
                      <br>
                      Attached are my configs.<br>
                      <br>
                      Any ideas on what I've hosed up?<br>
                      <br>
                      Thanks,<br>
                      <br>
                      Jim<br>
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