On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:45:58 -0400 Roman Gelfand <rgelfa...@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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131031195547.7efde...@jretrading.com
