[Samba] Rename domain

[Rowland Penny]

On Wed, 3 Oct 2018 16:54:02 +0200
Philippe Maladjian via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

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> *Philippe MALADJIAN
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> Le 03/10/2018 à 16:33, Rowland Penny via samba a écrit :
> > On Wed, 3 Oct 2018 16:01:33 +0200
> > Philippe Maladjian via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello, I realize the preparation of the migration from samba 3 to
> >> samba 4. For the moment the test platform is functional at 80%.
> >>
> >> I realize a problem. At the implementation of samba 3 in NT mode
> >> (more than 10 years ago) I chose netbios name dom.masociete and the
> >> same DNS domain name.
> > Even then, a dot in a workgroup name wasn't recommended.
> 
> That's what I notice from reading but there are 10 I was a beginner ;)
> >
> >> With the migration the domain dns becomes "dom"
> >> and according to my first researches I will quickly encounter
> >> problems if I need subdomain in the future. The ideal would be
> >> that I rename my domain in mycompany.local
> > No, the ideal would be to use virtually anything but '.local'
> 
> masociete.lan?
> 
> >
> >> knowing that our Internet domain
> >> name is mycompany.fr but it is not us who manage it.
> >>
> >> I saw that with the arrival of the 4.9.x it is possible to rename a
> >> domain, but is it feasible in my case? If yes, once the domain is
> >> renamed, will I have to go out and add the existing machines in the
> >> domain?
> > This is so new, I am not sure, but I believe it would, you will have
> > to change the DNS domain on all the machines, unless it is set by
> > DHCP.
> >
> > It might just be easier and better to set up a new domain ;-)
> 
> At dhcp level I have as configuration
> 
> ----------
> 
> option domain-search code 119 = text;
> option wpad code 252 = text;
>   option domain-name "dom.masociete";
> option domain-search "\003dom\007masociete\000";
> option wpad "\n";
> 
> -------------
> 
> but I do not see how dhcp could impose windows pc to use another
> domain to connect?

I think you misunderstand what I was trying to say, If you change the
domain name, you also need to change the DNS domain, the REALM is the
same as the DNS domain, but in uppercase.
As I said, this is very new and I haven't had to use it yet, but, from
my understanding, if your dns domain is samdom.example.com and you
rename the domain, every instance of 'samdom', 'example' and 'com' will
get changed to match your new name.

Rowland

> When I add a machine to the domain I go through the machine's bone
> and change the "Member of" setting as in this picture: 
> https://s10629.pcdn.co/wp-content/pictures/2009/11/joindomainwindows7.png
> 

That is joining the domain, but if your clients get their DNS domain
via DHCP and you rename the domain, everything should match and you
probably wont have to rejoin, but I don't really know.

Rowland