[Samba] Is possible use BIND9 as DNS Back End on a new Samba DC?

[Rowland Penny]

On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:08:21 -0300
Igor Sousa via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have a question: is possible use BIND9 as DNS backend on a new
> Samba DC that will join into a domain where there are Samba DCs are
> using Samba Internal DNS server?
> 
> I know that is a trivial question for someone, but I've followed steps
> described on wiki's topic "Joining a Samba DC to an Existing Active
> Directory" and in "Preparing the Host for Joining the Domain" section
> is said I must finish "BIND9_DLZ DNS Back End" before I start the
> Samba DC service. In "BIND9_DLZ DNS Back End", more precisely in
> "Configuring the BIND9_DLZ Module" section, it is said to
> edit /usr/local/samba/bind-dns/named.conf.
> 
> My issue is the /usr/local/samba/bind-dns/named.conf there isn't and
> the wiki says file is created during the domain provisioning, join or
> classic upgrade. How can I finish "BIND9_DLZ DNS Back End" task if
> there isn't /usr/local/samba/bind-dns/named.conf?
> 
> Joining a Samba DC to an Existing Active Directory -
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Joining_a_Samba_DC_to_an_Existing_Active_Directory
> BIND9 DLZ DNS Back End -
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/BIND9_DLZ_DNS_Back_End
> 
> Best regards,
> --
> Igor Sousa

Are you using distro packages ?
If so, it will not be in /usr/local/samba. The wiki is written from the
point of view of a self compiled version of Samba, this would put all
of Samba in /usr/local/samba, distro's typically split Samba into
various directories, so you could try looking into /var/lib/samba

Earlier versions of Samba put the file into the 'private' dir

What distro and packages are you using ?

Rowland