[Samba] Bind as nameserver

[Anders Östling]

> On 3 Dec 2024, at 20:08, Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
> 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 From my perspective, webmin is seriously out of date, this is just one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 how far the Samba module is out of date) that webmin has no concept of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.

I was referring to the DNS module in Webmin which is very nice and easy to use. I have no experience of the (outdated) Samba module though. 

> 
>> 
>> 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.
> 

Sounds like a plan. Thank you Rowland.

> Rowland
> 
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