[Samba] DNS problems

[Rowland Penny]

On 30/05/14 13:34, Steve Campbell wrote:
>
> 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
No, it should be:

search cnpapers.net
nameserver 192.9.200.71

The dns forwarder line should be in your AD DC's smb.conf

Rowland