[PATCH] Save some DNS and NBT name queries while joining a domain

[Volker Lendecke]

On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 09:23:00PM +0300, Uri Simchoni wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Volker Lendecke
> <Volker.Lendecke at sernet.de> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 05, 2015 at 12:24:14PM +0300, Uri Simchoni wrote:
> <snip>
> >>
> >> [1/2] is a re-submission of something I sent about a week ago -
> >> letting dsgetdcname() know whether the given domain name is the FQDN
> >> or the flat name. This saves rather pointless queries (use NBT to
> >> lookup FQDN, use DNS to look for flat names), and also fixes one case
> >> in which the on-site DC is an RODC and netbios is disabled.
> >
> > This looks good to me.
> >
> > One question: Why do you only apply it for an explicitly
> > given domain name? Doesn't the same also apply to the
> > default value of "domain", which is lp_realm()?
> >
> 
> domain_name_type is initialized with JoinDomNameTypeDNS, so if no
> explicit domain name is given, the lookup is DNS only.

I've seen that. I just wonder then why the explicit command
line entry needs so different handling. I'll shut up and let
people with more Kerberos knowledge comment here :-)

Volker

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