[Samba] internal DNS not forwarding

[Andrea Ballarati]

Yes I can ping Google DNS and every other host.
Iif I change the nameserver to 8.8.8.8 in resolv.conf, name resolution 
works perfectly.

Andrea

Il 14/07/20 13:47, Rowland penny via samba ha scritto:
> On 14/07/2020 11:56, Andrea Ballarati via samba wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I am trying to setup a samba4 AD dc in my network using smb-tool.
>> Everything seems to work except DNS forwarding.
>> If I query for the dc
>> root at dc:~# nslookup dc.local.domain.it
>> I get the correct answer:
>> root at dc:~# nslookup dc
>> Server:         aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
>> Address:        aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd#53
>>
>> Name:   dc.xxxx.yyyy.it
>> Address: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
>>
>> but if I query for an external domain:
>> root at dc:~# nslookup www.nasa.gov
>> Server:         aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
>> Address:      aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd#53
>>
>> Non-authoritative answer:
>> *** Can't find www.nasa.gov: No answer
>>
>> Here is my smb.conf:
>> [global]
>>         workgroup = XXXX
>>         realm = XXXX.YYYY.IT
>>         netbios name = DC
>>         server role = active directory domain controller
>>         idmap_ldb:use rfc2307 = yes
>>         dns forwarder = 8.8.8.8
>>
>> [netlogon]
>>         path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol/xxxx.yyyy.it/scripts
>>         read only = No
>>
>> [sysvol]
>>         path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol
>>         read only = No
>>
>> and my resolv.conf
>>
>> search xxxx.yyyy.it
>> nameserver aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
>>
>> Thank you in advance
>> Andrea
>>
> Strange, it should work, can you ping Google (8.8.8.8) and www.nasa.gov ?
>
> Could there be anything blocking access to the internet ( firewall etc) ?
>
> Rowland
>
>
>
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ing. Andrea Ballarati
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