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...en promote that one and demote the original. I'm in the process of setting up a 2nd DC to that end. I thought I ask questions as I encounter issues, and I've got a couple right off. 1) The howto doc https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller#Preparing_the_Installation, at the very beginning says, "Verify that the /etc/hosts file on the DC correctly resolves the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) and short host name to the LAN IP address of the DC. For example: 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.99.0.1 DC1.samdom.example.com DC1 The host name...

...e original. I'm in the process of setting up a 2nd DC to that end. > > I thought I ask questions as I encounter issues, and I've got a couple > right > off. > > 1) The howto doc > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller#Preparing_the_Installation > , > at the very beginning says, > > "Verify that the /etc/hosts file on the DC correctly resolves the > fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) and short host name to the LAN IP > address of > the DC. For example: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 10.99.0.1...

Hi Rowland Thanks for the link https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_AD_DC_Port_Usage It should fix the Firewall authentication problem. I like to find out if I can rename the Domain name of the DC when I move it to the new DC like currently it is IUMNET.EDU.NA <http://iumnet.edu.na/> but my GApps domain name is IUM.EDU.NA <http://ium.edu.na/> and I like to use the same on my new