[Samba] Internal DNS and recursion

[L.P.H. van Belle]

ah yes.. 
that are the "limitation", but know limitations ( for us ) 

Rowland, this is something to add on the wiki. 
(here : https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/DNS_Administration ) 

;-)  

Greetz, 

Louis


>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Yuriy Tabolin
>Verzonden: woensdag 19 augustus 2015 11:35
>Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Internal DNS and recursion
>
>19.08.2015 11:43, L.P.H. van Belle ??????????:
>>>> While on the subject of internal DNS, why do most 
>functions not work
>>>> when using the RSAT DNS management tool? Is this situation 
>likely to
>>>> improve in the near future? We could of course use external Bind,
>>>> which would allow us to use the existing scripts and commands that
>>>> we're used to, but that breaks the use of AD tools.
>>> No idea about the dns functions not working but I use Bind 
>and the AD
>>> dns tool works for me.
>>>
>>> Rowland
>> Same here, samba 4.2.3 with bind dlz, just added about 100 
>entries with the win7 RATS tools in the dns.
>> Works great.
>A basic tasks works great, I agree. But there are examples 
>what doesn't 
>works with samba internal DNS:
>1. Scavenging. There is the error "This function is not supported on 
>this system"
>2. Conditional forwarders. The same error as above.
>3. Creating a true static records. When I create any static record it 
>has timestamp and option "Delete this record when it become stale". In 
>true Active Directory static records has timestamps "static" 
>and cannot 
>accidently deletes.
>It is only that I remembered. When I thoroughly studied samba4 DNS, I 
>found more functions that doesn't works.
>
>
>>
>> Greetz,
>>
>> Louis
>>
>>
>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens 
>Rowland Penny
>>> Verzonden: woensdag 19 augustus 2015 10:22
>>> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Internal DNS and recursion
>>>
>>> On 19/08/15 01:57, John Gardeniers wrote:
>>>> On the Samba wiki at
>>>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_Internal_DNS there is the
>>>> following:
>>>>
>>>> If you have chosen the internal DNS as backend for your 
>environment,
>>>> there are only two options that can be added to your smb.conf, to
>>>> control the behaviour of DNS at this point:
>>>>
>>>> # Don't allow any updates | allow unsigned updates | only
>>> allow signed
>>>> updates
>>>> allow dns updates = False | nonsecure | signed
>>>>
>>>> # If recursive queries = yes is set, the following is also needed
>>>> dns forwarder = <ip addr of external dns server>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think the page needs some urgent editing because self
>>> contradictions
>>>> merely create confusion. Specifically, there should be no
>>> reference to
>>>> "recursive queries = yes" in the comment if that is not 
>even a valid
>>>> option. Alternatively, there could be a comment explaining that the
>>>> "dns forwarder" automatically actives recursion.
>>> OK, page updated.
>>>
>>>> While on the subject of internal DNS, why do most 
>functions not work
>>>> when using the RSAT DNS management tool? Is this situation 
>likely to
>>>> improve in the near future? We could of course use external Bind,
>>>> which would allow us to use the existing scripts and commands that
>>>> we're used to, but that breaks the use of AD tools.
>>> No idea about the dns functions not working but I use Bind 
>and the AD
>>> dns tool works for me.
>>>
>>> Rowland
>>>> regards,
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>
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>Tabolin Yuriy
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