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From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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Subject: Re: issue with dhcp and dns
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On Sunday 07 June 2009 13:42:36 Dave wrote:

> 	I'm trying to get dhcp and dns going ddns on FreeBSD 7.2. In my
> dhcpd.leases file i see the forward and reverse information given on the
> lease. A host fqdn and a host IP address both return correct dns
> information on this host. My issue is if i check the forward and reverse
> zone files i do not see records for the new host. I do see two .jnl files.

You forgot to read the basics of Dynamic DNS:
https://www.isc.org/software/bind/documentation/arm95#journal

> In
> /var/log/messages i do see the error about the working directory not being
> writable

The warning can be ignored and it doesn't make sense to warn about it in the 
first place.

-- 
Mel