[Samba] Failover DC did not work when Main DC failed

[Rowland penny]

On 01/02/2020 14:46, Paul Littlefield wrote:
> On 31/01/2020 18:47, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
>> in /etc/resolv.conf on Linux clients and I don't have a problem when 
>> DNS disconnects on the first nameserver.
>
> Just to check, should the 'nameserver' entries in /etc/resolv.conf on 
> the DCs be...
>
> nameserver 127.0.0.1
>   or
> nameserver 192.168.0.218
>
> I have it as the latter - taken from the Wiki... "On your DC, set the 
> AD DNS domain in the domain and the IP of your DC in the nameserver 
> parameter of the /etc/resolv.conf file."
>
> In fact, I have it as...
>
> search companydomain.com
> nameserver 192.168.0.218
> nameserver 192.168.0.219
>
That is correct, though I use the DC's IP address as the only 
nameserver, working on the premise that if the DC's DNS is down, then 
the DC is probably down as well ;-)

Rowland