[brlug-general] bind 9 and W2K domain

[Kevin Kreamer]

Shannon Roddy <sroddy at ligo-la.caltech.edu> writes:

> On Apr 8, 2004, at 9:21 AM, James Kuhns wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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.

Yes, you need a trailing dot for the A records in the zone file.
Here's a webpage that talks more about it:
<URL:http://www.tech-recipes.com/modules.php?name=Recipes&rx_id=306>.

Hope this helps,
Kevin