BIND9 DNS Server

Question

I am trying to set up my own DNS server on solaris 10. I used the setup guide from http://www.logiqwest.com/dataCenter/Demos/RunBooks/DNS/DNSsetup.html and I tried to join Windows XP clients to the domain I had configured using the above guide, but I was unable to join. I received the following errors:

An error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate adomain controller for domain MYDOMAIN.COM.

The error was: "No records found for given DNS query."

(error code 0x0000251D DNS_INFO_NO_RECORDS)

The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.MYDOMAIN.COM

Where could I be going wrong? Your assistance will highly be appreciated!

Answer 1

Maybe I misunderstand the question, but the answer is simple: you need to register a SRV record in the zone (mydomain.com) for the dc's entries. It will tell the clients where to find the DC.

Something along the lines of

_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs IN SRV 0 100 389 hostname-of-dc.mydomain.com.