[Samba] DNS problems

[Steve Campbell]

On 5/30/2014 7:54 AM, steve wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 07:40 -0400, Steve Campbell wrote:
>
>> This in-between DNS server is set up as the server we forward to on the
>> Samba server. Our resolv.conf file has the following:
>>
>> search cnpapers.net
>> nameserver 192.9.200.71
>> nameserver 192.9.200.53
>>
>> 192.9.200.71 is the Samba server
>> 192.9.200.53 is the in-between DNS server
>>
>> The in-between server forwards to our public DNS server where
>> cnpapers.net lives.
> Hi
> Thinking out loud (bad on Fridays), the internal dns can't resolve
> anything apart from its own domain so I think the config should be:
> remove the ns:
> nameserver 192.9.200.53
> and let the internal server forward when it gets a request from outside:
> dns forwarder = 192.9.200.53
> It then doesn't matter what the 'in-between server' does with it.
>
>
Steve,

Just to be clear, are you saying resolv.conf should be:

search cnpapers.net
nameserver 192.9.200.71
dns forwarder = 192.9.200.53


steve