[Samba] Realms: subdom or not subdom ?

[Davor Vusir]

Den 11 jul 2014 01:00 skrev "Martinx - ジェームズ" <thiagocmartinsc at gmail.com>:
>
> Guys,
>
> Currently, I'm running the following configuration (@ lab, according to
the
> recommendation for the Realm from Samba_AD_DC_HOWTO):
>
> ---
> AD DC Hostname:                    samba-ad-1
>
> AD DNS Domain Name:                samdom.example.com
>
> Kerberos Realm:                    SAMDOM.EXAMPLE.COM
>
> NT4 Domain Name/NetBIOS Name:      samdom
>
> IP Address:                        192.168.1.1
>
> Server Role:                       Domain Controller (DC)
>
> Domain Admin Password:             pa$$w0rd
>
> Forwarder DNS Server:              192.168.1.254
> ---
>
> But then, all my computers (servers and desktops), are being registered
> within "*.samdom.example.com", and I was expecting to see those machines
at
> "*.example.com"...
>
> So, it is possible to use a recommended realm, like "SAMDOM.EXAMPLE.COM"
> just for the realm itself, while at the same time, registering the
machines
> at *.example.com" ?
>
> If yes, can someone point a quick and dirty guide to do that?!
>
> Thanks!
> Thiago

Hi Thiago!

It is possible. What you want to accomplish is called "Disjoint namespace".
Here is a quick and clean guide:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731929(v=ws.10).aspx

Regards
Davor

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