[Samba] Automated population of Reverse PTR on Samba 4.4.5 integrated with Bind 9.9.4

[Rowland Penny]

On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 20:47:05 +0530
Biswajit Banerjee via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi experts ,
> 
> Is it possible to have automated population of Reverse PTR  on Samba 
> 4.4.5 integrated with Bind 9.9.4 ? I have tried creating the Reverse 
> zone too . When a client ( windows ) joins the SAMBA domain the
> forward lookup is populated with correct host-name and present IP ,
> but reverse zone does not have any entry . Although I can create
> reverse PTR manually .
> 
> Kindly help me with this query
> 
> Attaching named.conf for reference.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Regards
> 
> Biswajit Banerjee
> 

Yes, you can run a dhcp server on the DC. See the Samba wiki.

Rowland