Re: MS Windows Domain network with Debian
On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:45:58 -0400
Roman Gelfand <rgelfand2@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a Debian 7 machine on the same network as ms windows 2003
> domain network. In /etc/resolv.conf, I am pointing to domain
> controller for reverse dns resolution. Can this work? What do I need
> to do to make this work?
>
It should work, I don't know why it might not. Even Microsoft makes DNS
servers which do fairly standard things, and indeed an Active Directory
DNS server can replicate to BIND (I don't know how, I haven't done it).
What may not have happened is the configuration of the MS DNS server to
manage PTR records automatically. Do you know if reverse resolution
of whatever it is you need works for Windows clients? Do you need
reverse DNS for local machines on DHCP? PTR records are probably not
created by default for these, and indeed A records may not be.
There is always the possibility of firewalling, of the MS server being
configured to allow certain services only to certain IP addresses or
even certain AD OUs. But if you get forward DNS, you should also get
reverse.
Is the Debian machine running a DNS server? If so, using the MS machine
as forwarder may be the most reliable answer. I don't like messing with
resolv.conf as too many other things also do that.
--
Joe
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