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Linux Hostnames in Windows DNS

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I am trying to add Linux Hostname's in Windows DNS server.Linux servers are configured with Static IP's. So can you please give me the solution to resolve the Linux Server Hostname's from WIndows Boxes.I don't want to add DNS entries manually in Windowd DNS server.

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Is the Windows DNS server authoritative for the domain that these Linux servers are a part of?
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Yes. The Windows DNS sever is authoritative for the Domain that these linux servers resides.
Are you running DHCP on the same Windows server as DNS?  If not, try and setup DHCP and then it can be configured to register your linux clients for you when it issues an IP address.

Refer to this KB article on configuring DHCP to register clients with DNS.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816592
Look for the section titled "How DHCP/DNS update interaction works"
My network is configured with Static IP's .So I don't want to configure DHCP now in my Env.I
If the Windows machine is authoritative for the Linux servers IPs/domain and you need to access them by hostname or fully qualified domain name, then those IP addresses will need to be added to the forward and inverse DNS files.

If you don't want to do it manually in Windows, set one of the Linux servers to be a hidden master, update the Linux DNS and have the Windows slave the domain(s).
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No DNS manual entry for each server == kaleshire's answer
Ok I am going to create new DHCP server in my Linux Env and do configuration to update the DNS dynamically.Thanks Jesper and Kaleshire for your responses