[Samba] reverse DNS not working for some reason ...

[Rowland Penny]

On Tue, 2021-11-02 at 16:14 -0500, Patrick Goetz via samba wrote:
> 
> On 11/2/21 16:09, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> > On Tue, 2021-11-02 at 15:53 -0500, Patrick Goetz via samba wrote:
> > > On 11/2/21 15:32, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2021-11-02 at 15:25 -0500, Patrick Goetz via samba
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > As per the Wiki instructions for setting up a Samba DC, I ran
> > > > > 
> > > > >      # samba-tool dns zonecreate samba-dc 1.168.192.in-
> > > > > addr.arpa
> > > > > -U
> > > > > administrator
> > > > > 
> > > > > (while samba-ad-dc was running)
> > > > 
> > > > That is how you are supposed to do it.
> > > > 
> > > > > on my domain controller.  Everything seems to work; I can
> > > > > bind
> > > > > W10
> > > > > machines to this domain, use RSAT, etc., but reverse DNS
> > > > > searches
> > > > > aren't
> > > > > working:
> > > > 
> > > > I refer you to my last reply, well sort of :-D
> > > > 
> > > > You have to tell your Windows clients to update their dns
> > > > records,
> > > > they
> > > > do not do it as standard.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I set static IP/DNS entries on my Windows clients -- that's not
> > > sufficient?
> > 
> > If you just set the forward (A) records, then no, you also have to
> > set
> > the reverse (PTR) records in AD and tell your Windows clients to
> > use
> > the reverse records.
> > 
> 
> The forward records are created automatically (I thought); I'm not
> doing 
> anything I know of to facilitate this. You're saying the PTR records 
> have to be entered by hand?  How does one go about doing this?  And
> if 
> it's not necessary for anything, no reason to bother with it?

No, Windows will do it, you just have to tick a box on the Windows
network device gui (if I remember correctly), something along the lines
of 'update this clients IP in dns'

Rowland