[Samba] Don't use .local

[Achim Gottinger]

Am 05.01.2015 um 10:28 schrieb Rowland Penny:
> On 05/01/15 07:00, Achim Gottinger wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I deployed an Samba 4 AD back in 2013 with .local, not knowing it can 
>> cause troubles with mDns.
>> On my linux server i did not install avahi and i do not have mDns in 
>> my nsswitch.conf hosts entry.
>> On windows machines i usually deinstall bonjour whenever it shows up 
>> and i do not install it when installing itunes.
>> Till now i have not had any dns resolve issues, still i'd like to 
>> change it to .loc or similar without having to reprovision ad.
>> Is this possible?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Achim
>>
>>
>> Am 04.01.2015 um 13:16 schrieb Stefan Kania:
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>>> Hello everyone,
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>>> I know that many people know not to use .local, but in the last weeks
>>> we had several People having problems using .local.
>>> So to all peopel starting implementing Samba 4 AD, read this:
>>> http://miketelahun.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/stop-using-local-as-the-top-level-domain-for-your-lan/ 
>>>
>>>
>>> So stop using .local as TLD. Maybe there should be a BIIIIIG not
>>> inside the wiki?
>>>
>>> Stefan
>>>
>>>
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>
> It would seem that it is possible, see: 
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738208%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
> Only problem, I do not know of any Unix tool to do it and do not know 
> if rendom.exe will work with a samba4 AD DC.
>
> Rowland
>
Thank you for the link Rowland, gotta give it an try in an test 
environment. But i guess i wait for version 4.2 before i start testing.