[Samba] Keeping DNS out of Samba

[Michael Tokarev]

19.12.2024 16:21, Robert Marcano via samba wrote:

> I find that just defining your AD domain, and using it only for Windows workstations to be extremely easier.
> 
> Have your ad.mydomain.example controlled by Samba and then setup your preferred DNS to manage your www.mydomain.example, 
> imap.mydomain.example,smtp.mydomain.example, etc.etc. and just forward ad.mydomain.example to Samba. I just use that and never ever had to touch the 
> Samba DNS with its CLI admin tools or Windows DNS admin GUI.
> 
> Set all your Windows machines to use the full DNS, no need to have to setup forwarders on Samba, let it only know about the Samba managed domains.
Yeah, this definitely would work too, and for some it might
be easier too.  I just had some historic baggage with single
domain which I decided to keep using.

With your setup you'll have to remember deleting an record
from samba when you transfer FSMO roles though :)

Thank you for the tip!

/mjt