No it won't, Windows DNS simply doesn't work that way. The child DC/DNS server WOULD receive the _msdcs.<forest root> zone through its enrollment in the forestDNSzones app. NC but would NOT resolve against itself and would not distribute the namespace in the manner that is being requested.
-- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Santhosh Sivarajan Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:43 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Installing DNS in Child Domain Are you trying to install and configure DNS on a child Domain Controller? If it is Active Directory Integrated, install DNS service on a Windows 2003 machine and perform DCPROMO. It will automatically populate all the zone information to this new Domain Controller. HTH Santhosh Santhosh Sivarajan MCSE(W2K3/W2K/NT4),MCSA(W2K3/W2K/MSG),CCNA,Network+ Houston, TX On 4/19/05, Manjeet Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am using windows 2003 standard edition. > > This might be the requirement when you have distributed domain model. > Say Root and child domain are in separate remote location. So reduce > the traffic I need to have separate DNS on my child domain controller. > > So do I configure DNS on preinstall Child domain controller ? > > > Manjeet > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Wells > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:24 PM > To: Send - AD mailing list > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Installing DNS in Child Domain > > Windows offers no automated solution for this type of restructuring, > the premise being that any organization with a need for a more > distributed DNS infrastructure needs 1) the technical staffing > sufficient to create it and > 2) same said staffing to support it. > > Before making any recommendations as to the direction you should take, > can I ask on what version/flavour of Windows you're building this lab > environment? > > -- > Dean Wells > MSEtechnology > * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://msetechnology.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Manjeet Singh > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:11 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: [ActiveDir] Installing DNS in Child Domain > > Hi, > > I have installed a root domain controller "test.com". > Then I have installed a child domain controller: child.test.com" with > primary DNS as test.com. So a zone child.test.com automatically added > in my test.com DNS. > > I want to install a separate DNS for child domain, and want to set > child as primary DNS and root as secondary DNS. > > To do that I Installed DNS service on my child domain controller. > > So what is the best way to install the DNS on child domain? > > Do I do a ZONE transfer by delegation or some other easy process? > > Thanks, > manjeet > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
