[Samba] resolv.conf setup and DNS issue

Marc Muehlfeld mmuehlfeld at samba.org
Fri Jan 30 07:32:52 MST 2015


Am 29.01.2015 um 21:36 schrieb Rowland Penny:
> I just use 127.0.0.1 on each DC, after all, the DC should use itself for
> DNS and if something has gone wrong, having another DC to ask may not be
> any use.


If you're having more than one DC, then you should not use the own DNS
as primary on a DC. It can cause problems like DNS islanding.

Some DNS best practices:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2010/07/17/friday-mail-sack-saturday-edition.aspx#dnsbest


We should mention this on the "Join as DC" page and somewhere on the DNS
pages, too. I'll put this on my list.


Regards,
Marc


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