SkyBeam wrote: > > Alternatively you might set the following registry REG_SZ value: > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\System\DNSClient\NV > PrimaryDnsSuffix > Set the value to the desired domain sufix (e.g. "domain.local"). Then > reboot the machine and see 'ipconfig /all' printing your custom primary > DNS suffix. However within the system properties you will still see your > "DOMAIN" listed but it's overridden by the policy value. >
I found that this solution does not fully work sometimes Windows still tries to look up "<host>.DOMAIN" instead of "<host>.domain.local". So I was looking for the place within the registry which stores the domain name (which fails to propagate on domain-join) and found it within the TCP/IP service at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters. Changing the "NV Domain" to the right local domain makes the domain appear within the domain join dialog too. So my modification reg-file looks as follows now: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters] ; Enable NT-Domain compatibility mode ; Default: ; [value not present] ; "DomainCompatibilityMode"=- "DomainCompatibilityMode"=dword:00000001 ; Disable required DNS name resolution ; Default: ; [value not present] ; "DNSNameResolutionRequired"=- "DNSNameResolutionRequired"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Netlogon\Parameters] ; Disable requirement of signed communication ; My Samba (3.0.33) works with signed communication enabled, so no need to disable it. ; Default: ; "RequireSignOrSeal"=dword:00000001 ; Disable the usage of strong keys ; Default: ; "RequireStrongKey"=dword:00000001 "RequireStrongKey"=dword:00000000 ; [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\System\DNSClient] ; Enforce DNS suffix ; It seems this is not necessary - see below ; "NV PrimaryDnsSuffix"="domain.local" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters] ; Overwrite DNS domain. Usually the domain is supposed to be propagated automatically ; when joining the domain. But with Samba this does not work (yet). "NV Domain"="domain.local" -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Windows-7-RC-tp23405949p24998818.html Sent from the Samba - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba