[brlug-general] bind 9 and W2K domain

[Shannon Roddy]

On Apr 8, 2004, at 9:21 AM, James Kuhns wrote:
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> After ActiveDirectory install on the 2K server I just blindly grabbed 
> the netlogon.dns file the install generated and included it in my 
> existing bind zone file for my local domain.  Was having problems with 
> an XP machine: domain logon was taking like 3-5 mins and it would 
> “lose” the network after a while (would not be able to browse 
> machines/shares on the network).  After a while I finally took a 
> closer look at the netlogon.dns file and found some weird stuff: 1) 
> the A record was 2Kmachine.mydomain.com (was giving me some weird 
> results – 2Kmachine.mydomain.com and 
> 2Kmachine.mydomain.com.mydomain.com both resolved to 2Kmachine’s ip 
> address), 2) all the SRV records had 2Kmachine.2Kmachine.mydomain.com 
> (which doesn’t exist).  I changed the A record to be just 2Kmachine 
> and that cleared up the weird resolve issue, I also changed all of the 
> SRV records to be 2Kmachine.mydomain.com.
>

I just had a go around with a version of bind 8.  Seems to me that I 
remember something about not having a trailing dot somewhere could 
cause the mydomain.com.mydomain.com problem.  I will have to look later 
today in one of the books I used as a reference.  I am also not a bind 
expert and surprisingly our DNS server had been running fine for >3 
years without anything but the occasional security patch, therefore my 
bind knowledge is not that great.

Shannon

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