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Tom Parquette wrote:
> 
> Hi.  I'm not sure if this belongs somewhere else but I'm starting here
> since these are 5.x systems.
> Please CC me on any replies.  I subscribe to the digest format (makes
> replying difficult.)  TIA.
> 
> I have DDNS running between my house server and what will become an X
> desktop.
> They are both 5.x at different maintenance levels.
> I have it updating the DNS server as I expect when I boot the X desktop.
> If I have to boot the server, e.g. my town's unpredictable power, the X
> desktop machine cannot re-add itself to my DNS.

man nsupdate

-- Terry