[Samba] Bind as nameserver

[Rowland Penny]

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 19:46:27 +0100
Anders Östling via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Good evening folks
> 
> I read this statement in the wiki regarding Bind9
> 
> "You must not add the AD domain forward or reverse zone records to the
> named.conf files, these zones are stored dynamically in Ad"
> 
> This means that administration software like Webmin can't be used
> with the samba/bind combo, and zones must be managed exclusively with
> "samba-tool dns" .

From my perspective, webmin is seriously out of date, this is just one
instance of where it needs updating, another is (and this shows just
how far the Samba module is out of date) that webmin has no concept of
the 'idmap config' lines in the smb.conf file.

> 
> So what is the upside/benefit with using Bind9 compared with using
> Sambas internal dns?

Depends on how large your set up is, for small domains, not much, but
for larger domains, Bind9 scales better.

If unsure, I would start with the internal dns server, you can easily
upgrade later.

Rowland