[Samba] DNS forwarding not working.

[Rowland Penny]

On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:42:13 -0600
Durwin via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> I followed this url to set up Samba AD DC.
> https://github.com/thctlo/samba4/blob/master/full-howto-Ubuntu18.04-samba-AD_DC.txt
> 
> I do have it working.  I am testing with a Windows 10 VM as a member
> of the domain.
> The machine joins the domain.  Also, as administrator, I can create
> and enforce
> Group Policies. from this Windows machine.
> 
> I have a Fedora 29 server which serves DHCP and DNS (and DDNS).  This
> all works.
> When I installed Samba DC, I specified this DNS server as a
> forwarder.

Is this dns server also authoritative for the same dns domain as the AD
domain ?

> 
> On the DC server (named dc0) I can enter command,
> > dig other_machine_in_lan  
> and get correct response.
> If I enter this command,
> > dig @localhost other_machine_in_lan  
> It fails.  Dig from domain member of course also fails.
> 
> I know you may need more information to diagnose, but there are so
> many files that could
> be part of the problem I do not know which to send.
> 

Lets start with the smb.conf from the DC, your DC's FQDN and ipaddress
(sanitised if you have to) and the same for your Fedora dns server.

Rowland