On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Thomas Simmons <twsn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ideally you should not use the same domain name for your AD domain. > Microsoft used to use "domain.local" for a default configuration, but this > can cause problems with certain external services (Exchange/Office365 for > example) and it also conflicts with some "local" Apple services if you have > Macs on your networks. You could also purchase and use "domain.net" if it's > available. Finally, what I did was use a sub-domain for AD (I used > internal.domain.com but others use ad.domain.com, etc...) If you really > must use your external FQDN, a split-dns setup (your last statement) is > probably going to be your only option.
MS guidelines for AD domain names: Naming conventions in Active Directory for computers, domains, sites, and OUs < http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909264 > > > On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Gerry Reno <gr...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> When you setup Samba 4 AD DC using BIND9_DLZ and your domain has external >> servers (eg: www,mail) at external providers >> this means that the ISP and the internal network nameservers will both >> have SOA record for the domain. >> >> /etc/resolv.conf looks like this: >> >> domain company.com >> nameserver 192.168.2.105 >> >> >> /etc/named.conf contains: >> >> forwarders { isp_nameservers; }; >> recursion yes; >> >> What is the preferred way to forward DNS requests to the ISP nameservers >> in order to resolve the domain's external >> servers without using BIND views? >> >> Right now, all of Samba 4 AD DC DNS is working with the exception of being >> able to resolve the domain's external servers. >> >> One solution could be to dump all our domain records at the ISP and >> duplicate them in the AD DNS Zone which seems >> unnecessary. >> >> -Gerry >> >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba >> > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- 2B || !2B -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba