[Samba] After joining domain, Samba uses the workgroup name, not the FQDN when running the net ads command

[Rowland penny]

On 03/12/15 20:54, Jonathan S. Fisher wrote:
> >unless you explicitly set your site name when you provision
> I guess we didn't. Is that an issue? I still wonder why that says 
> "null" when, even if we used the default, our sitename is not null.
>

No it isn't an issue, why are you now worrying about something that has 
nothing to do with your problem.

> > well it obviously isn't working your way
> To be sure, I took a packet capture. It shows the DNS is going 
> straight to the DCs, so in reality it is working the way you are 
> describing: It is ignoring the main DNS server. Here, check this out:
>
> jonathan.fisher at freeradius:~$ nslookup whiskey.windows.corp.XXX.com 
> <http://whiskey.windows.corp.XXX.com>
> *Server:192.168.127.131*
> Address:192.168.127.131#53
>
> Name:whiskey.windows.corp.XXX.com <http://whiskey.windows.corp.XXX.com>
> Address: 192.168.127.131
>
>
>

Look, I will say it again, a bit more forcefully this time, *DO NOT USE 
ANYTHING BUT YOUR DCs AS NAMESERVERS ON YOUR AD CLIENTS*

Rowland