samba - Oct 2014 - External DNS Setup

Hi all,

I?m new to this list and new to SAMBA 4, so I?m still fairly green at this
point.

I?m setting up a DC for testing and what I?d like to do is circumvent the
built-in DNS but as well I?d also like to not have to rely on BIND on the same
server either. What I?d like to do is have the SAMBA 4 domain update my external
BIND DNS Server in the same manner that a windows based server would do this.
The external BIND server allows for forward and reverse DNS updates from hosts
in specified zones.

I?ve poked around and also looked online but can?t find anything that pertains
to how to do this, but I would think that it would be possible for customers who
have existing DNS infrastructure in place already and would like to utilize that
service for a new domain server(s) being implemented.

Any pointers, man pages, knowledge base articles, or links to clown colleges if
this makes no sense is greatly appreciated as I get more familiar with this
software.

Thank you,


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David Thompson

Hello David,

Am 24.10.2014 um 02:07 schrieb David Thompson:
> I?m setting up a DC for testing and what I?d like to do is
> circumvent the built-in DNS but as well I?d also like to not
> have to rely on BIND on the same server either.
This isn't possible. The internal DNS naturally requires to be on the
same host, of course. And BIND9_DLZ as backend also requires to live on
the same host, because it uses modules of Samba and access the LDB files
of the DC.



> What I?d like to do is have the SAMBA 4 domain update my external
> BIND DNS Server in the same manner that a windows based server
> would do this.
But why not running the internal DNS or BIND on the DC, authoritative
for the AD DNS domain(s), and configuring a forwarder on your external
BIND servers:

zone "samdom.example.com" {
         type forward;
         forwarders { 10.99.0.1; };
};

Then all users still use the current external DNS servers (the ones not
on the DC), but are able to resolve AD DNS requests.


Regards,
Marc