[Samba] reverse dns confused

Rowland Penny
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 12:58:24 -0000

On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 07:50:03 -0500
Bob of Donelson Trophy via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> I have built a second dtdc03 and joined to my first dtdc01. Thought
> all was well but, discovered that reverse dns is not correct on second
> dtdc03.
>
> root at dtdc03:~# host dtdc03
> dtdc03.dtshrm.dt has address 192.168.16.49
> root at dtdc03:~# host 192.168.16.49
> Host 49.16.168.192.in-addr.arpa. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> root at dtdc03:~# nslookup dtdc03
> Server: 192.168.16.49
> Address: 192.168.16.49#53
>
> Name: dtdc03.dtshrm.dt
> Address: 192.168.16.49
>
> root at dtdc03:~# nslookup 192.168.16.49
> Server: 192.168.16.49
> Address: 192.168.16.49#53
>
> ** server can't find 49.16.168.192.in-addr.arpa: NXDOMAIN
>
> I tried to add the reverse zone (I may be doing this wrong but . . .)
>

Bob, did you create the reverse zone on the first DC ?

If so, you don't create it again, you just add the new DCs reverse
record to the zone.

Rowland