>
> --- Original message ---
> Subject: [Samba] Samba4 and DNS
> From: Alex Waite <awaite at mcw.edu>
> To: samba at lists.samba.org <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Date: Monday, 12/07/2010 4:56 AM
>
> Hey Everyone,
> I've been reading through the Samba4 docs, but I am a bit
> confused,
> so please forgive me if I have missed anything obvious.
> I am trying to setup Samba4 as a Domain Controller for our
> department. We do not control our DNS; that is done through campus
> IT.
> All of our workstations (soon to be members of the domain) already
> have entries in campus DNS. If I were to submit the contents of the
> /usr/local/samba/private/dns/ folder (generated by Samba4's provision
> step) to Campus IT, would that work? Would I be missing out on
> anything
> by not running my own DNS server?
> I've read about the dynamic changes made to DNS by Samba4,
> but I
> don't know if I need that if my clients already would have entries in
> DNS.
Talk to DNS admins. Ask them if you can run a master DNS for your
domain, and then use campus DNS as a the forwarder.>
>
> Thank you for your time; I appreciate it.
>
> ---Alex
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