This is a discussion on BIND and AD integration within the Bind Users forums, part of the DNS and Related Forums category; In the near future my company will be migrating from a Windows NT domain to a Windows 2003 Active Directory ...
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In the near future my company will be migrating from a Windows NT
domain to a Windows 2003 Active Directory infrastructure. We are currently using BIND version 9.2 running on Linux servers for our internal DNS needs. We are also using ISC's DHCP server, which is configured to do Dynamic DNS updates for the clients. My goal is to continue to use BIND and our current DHCP server setup and not have to get involved with setting up these services on the MS side of things. My knowledge of AD is limited at this point, but I will be getting some training soon, and we will also have some outside help with the migration process. However, I have a feeling that both the training and the outside help will be slanted toward Microsoft. I want to be prepared to make the necessary adjustments to our BIND configuration, so that we don't get forced into using the Microsoft services. I've been searching around for some information on this topic and have found some relevant things. I came across the "BIND + AD HOWTO" and I also found a Linux Magazine article written by Cricket Liu describing this setup. Both describe the setup of four sub-domains with the the BIND configuration (_msdcs, _sites, _tcp, and _upd). The one thing that has me concerned is the fact that both of these documents were written in 2001. I'm wondering if this type of setup still applies, especially under Windows 2003, as opposed to Windows 2000, which is referenced in both documents. I'm looking for any additional reference material that may be available for BIND integration with AD. I'd also be interesting in hearing from anyone that has this type of setup (any "gotchas", or major configuration changes to be aware of?). Thanks, John |