[Samba] samba ADDC dns setup? ( this is same for any MS server )

[L.P.H. van Belle]

Hai Rowland/Mathias.

> 
> Not sure I agree with you Louis, The first of the last links you posted
> seems to be discussing a windows dns server and contains a comment that
> makes posting the second link a waste of time.
> 
> Also if I run on a DC: netstat -tulpn | grep ':53'
> 
> I get:
> 
> tcp        0      0 192.168.0.5:53          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
> 28589/named
> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:53            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
> 28589/named
> udp        0      0 192.168.0.5:53          0.0.0.0:*
> 28589/named
> udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:53            0.0.0.0:*
> 28589/named
> 
> Which plainly shows that it is listening on both 192.168.0.5:53 and
> 127.0.0.1:53
> 
> Which to me means:
> 
> On a single Samba AD DC:
> 
> search <your dns domain>
> DC_IP OR 127.0.0.1
> 
> With 2 DCs:
> 
> First DC:
> 
> search <your dns domain>
> IP_OF_OTHER_DC
> DC_IP OR 127.0.0.1
> 
> Second DC:
> 
> search <your dns domain>
> IP_OF_OTHER_DC
> DC_IP OR 127.0.0.1
> 
> Rowland
> 

Nothing wrong with that totaly agree, with both you guys. 

And thanks mathias for that MS DNS bug note, i'll have a look into that,
and found fixed in server 2003.. that i missed that.. :-/ 

The setup i suggested it not only for replication/preventing island problems. 
It can also be a major dns performance improvement, which i also noticed. 
And maybe this was also something in samba what changed i dont know (yet).
This was an update from 4.4.3 to 4.4.5 in my case also. 
And i changed my resolving setup at the same time and  since i run it 
as is now, i notice much better performance in the complete network, and user noticed it also. 

This also forces all registration to go to a single DNS server where it is registered and then replicated to the other servers, which i prefer.

But hee.  As mathias says.. its all our own choice.
I noticed it so i mention it and maybe it helps someone.
 

Greetz, 

Louis