Windows 2000 server records in DNS

[Nico De Ranter]

Ah, so the reason why the other lines work is because they are not
A records, but technicaly speaking those other hostnames are also incorrect?

Is there anything special I need to look out for when creating a subzone, e.g.
make sure "_msdcs.sonytel.be" is listed before "sonytel.be" in named.conf or
won't that matter?

Thanks for the quick reply!

Nico

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:13:32PM +1000, Mark.Andrews at nominum.com wrote:
> 
> > If I remove the "gc._msdcs.sonytel.be. IN A 10.34.0.17" line everything gets
> > accepted (but it still doesn't work since apparently this line is crucial for
> >  Windows).
> > 
> > Any ideas why the "owner name" is invalid?
> 
> 	Because "gc._msdcs.sonytel.be" is not a valid hostname, "_" is
> 	illegal in a hostname.  The usual solution is to make
> 	"_msdcs.sonytel.be" a seperate zone and turn off the checks
> 	for that zone (check-names ignore).  The extended solution
> 	is to make "_sites.sonytel.be", "_tcp.sonytel.be" and 
> 	"_udp.sonytel.be" seperate zones as well and turn on dynamic
> 	updates for all four zones.
> 
> 	Microsoft did the right thing by calling the zone "_msdcs" as
> 	that cannot clash with any legal hostname.  Unforunately they
> 	then put a A record underneath.
> 
> 	Mark
> > 
> > Note: I'm running bind 8.2.3
> > 
> > thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Nico
> > 
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 "It has been said that there are only two businesses that
  refer to customers as users: illegal drug trade and
               the computer industry." 
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Nico De Ranter
Sony Service Center (SDCE/NEE-B)
Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne)
1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth
Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86
e-mail: nico.deranter at sonycom.com