[Samba] PTR records not being created / updated

[Luis Peromarta]

Tobias,

Appreciate your insight, it is just nice to have, but I hate when things don’t go as expected. I’m going to fight this a little, just to see If I am doing anything wrong - but not that it’s critical to me

Thanks,
On Jan 17, 2024 at 09:48 +0100, Pluess, Tobias <tpluess at ieee.org>, wrote:
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> Hi Luis
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> I noticed exactly the same behaviour.
> I wonder if the PTR record is really required for proper function, or if it is just "nice to have". Because, so far, I could not observe any adverse effects due to nonexistent PTR records.
> On the other hand, I recently switched the DNS server. I installed a separate DHCP server using dnsmasq, that also does DHCP and automatically creates the DNS records for the hosts on-the-fly as they register with DHCP. And this also creates the PTR records reliably. The Active Directory/Samba DNS is not used anymore, just for the _ldap and _kerberos SRV records. Everything else is served from the external DNS. With this, I can have all sorts of records reliably.