DNS query with Netbios domain

[Todd Stecher]

It looks like this was a bug in winbindd_cm.c / get_dcs() which is  
remedied in 3.0.25 as part of the site proximity fixes.






On Feb 8, 2007, at 11:33 PM, Todd Stecher wrote:

> Given an ADS domain foobar.zippy.com, I'm seeing quite a few DNS  
> queries originating from resolve_ads() / ads_dns_query_dcs() with  
> the form:
>
> _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.foobar
>
> I would typically expect to see this query actually take the form:
>
> _ldap._tcp.dc_msdcs.foobar.zippy.com
>
> In all of my years sniffing wire traffic in windows enterprises,  
> I've never seen the first form - that just doesn't seem like a  
> "real" DNS domain name / SRV query.  Is there some element of  
> configuration I'm missing which would make this work?  Does anyone  
> expect it to?  These queries fail pretty quickly on my system, but  
> it seems like unnecessary overhead.
>
>
> Todd Stecher | Windows Interop Dev
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Todd Stecher | Windows Interop Dev
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