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From: Derek Owens <daegan@infocom.com>
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On our last exciting episode, mnewton wrote:

> I have one host that has a dynamic ip address assigned each time its
> logs in. I would like to refer to that host by a domain name i.e
> xyz.zzz via a dns on another machine. 
> What i need to do is update the dns on the dns server with the
> new ip address every time that pc logs in. 
> Any body got any code to do this ?
> 

This was written specifically for Linux, however you may be able to adapt
it for your use; check out the VirtualIP page:
     http://www.cfmeu.asn.au/matthew/virtualip.html

Hope it helps!

Derek