[Samba] DNS /16 reverse zone issues with children and octets
Rowland penny
rpenny at samba.org
Tue Nov 3 12:18:52 UTC 2020
On 03/11/2020 12:05, Paul Littlefield via samba wrote:
> On 03/11/2020 11:49, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
>> That is strange, first thought is that it is possibly a Windows bug,
>> if anything Windows should refuse to show any IPv4 address with more
>> than 4 octets. Have you tried checking the records in AD with
>> ldbsearch ?
>
> I haven't tried that 'ldbsearch' yet - can you give me an example please?
>
> Forward and reverse DNS lookups work...
>
> $ host dc3
> dc3.bigjigstoys.com has address 130.130.0.218
>
> $ host 130.130.0.218
> 218.0.130.130.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer dc3.mydomain.com.
>
> ...errr, so not sure where the extra octet is appearing from in the
> Windows GUI!?
>
> :)
>
> Paully
>
Looks like you don't need to dig into AD, the standard dns tools are
showing you the records exist (even if you forgot to sanitise one of the
outputs)
Rowland
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