On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 07:48 +0100, Helmut Hullen wrote: > Hallo, Andrew, > > Du meintest am 04.02.11: > > >> Just for curiousity: I prefer dnsmasq as nameserver; do you support > >> this program too? > > > No. BIND is the only server that will support the range of functions > > Samba requires. > > That doesn't please me - sorry. > > > I know BIND has a bad name in some minds, but we did look and there > > is no suitable alternative. I also don't think BIND deserves the > > reputation it has gained, but that's just my opinion. > > Perhaps you should ask at least the maintainer(s) of dnsmasq for some > additions. ISC-named is a monster.
We did. http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2010q1/003552.html In short, no, it's not a viable option. On the basis of that discussion and other research, Kai and Metze started writing Samba4's own DNS server. Then tridge and the BIND folks got together, and given the excellent progress made, not reinventing this particular wheel seems to be the best way forward at the moment. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/ Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org Samba Developer, Cisco Inc. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
