[Freeipa-users] Ping forwarded domain name.

[Martin Basti]

Hey,


On 22.11.2016 06:33, TomK wrote:
> Hey Guy's,
>
> I'm forwarding a domain dom.abc.xyz from a Windows Server 2012 over to 
> my dual Free IPA server.  The Free IPA servers are authoritative for 
> this subdomain.  The Windows Server 2012 DNS is resolves on abc.xyz 
> and forwards dom.abc.xyz.
Do you have configured proper zone delegation for subdomain dom.abc.xyz? 
Proper NS and glue records http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch9/delegate.html

>
> I cannot ping dom.abc.xyz.  Everything else, including client 
> registrations, work fine.  If Free IPA is authoritative  on 
> dom.abc.xyz, should it not create DNS entries so the sub domain can be 
> pinged as well?

What do you mean by "ping"?

>
> /etc/resolv.conf also get's regenerated on reboot on the IPA Servers 
> and wanted to ask if you can point me to some materials online to 
> determine where can I permanently adjust the search to add dom.abc.xyz 
> to the already present abc.xyz .  I wasn't able to locate what I 
> needed in my searches.
>
> I'm using the latest v4.

It depends on what are you using, probably you have NetworkManager there 
that is editing /etc/resolv.conf

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/67752/how-do-i-add-a-search-domain-using-networkmanager/

Martin