[Samba] samba dns

Sketch smblist at rednsx.org
Wed Apr 6 21:29:58 UTC 2016


On Wed, 6 Apr 2016, Rowland penny wrote:

> Your DC needs to be authoritative for your AD domain, this is *not* a Samba 
> thing, it is an AD thing. What you can do, is to do what is recommended, make 
> your AD domain a subdomain of your domain i.e. if your domain name is 
> 'domain.tld', use 'internal.domain.tld' for your AD domain.
>
> Your AD DC will then be authoritative for the AD domain and will then forward 
> anything it doesn't know to your unbound machine.

Or vice versa.  Point unbound at the AD DNS server for lookups to 
internal.domain.tld, and let it continue handle other lookups as it 
already does.  There's no need to repoint clients to AD DNS servers if you 
don't want dynamic DNS registration.



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