[Samba] Samba 4.2.14 Internal DNS not returning DNAME records?

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Fri, 2016-07-15 at 12:31 -0700, Kris Lou wrote:
> I have a bit of an oddity here:  I'm using Samba 4.2.14 with AD,
> using
> Samba's internal DNS to serve to my domain (and forwarding others to
> Google
> Public DNS 8.8.8.8).
> 
> However, it looks like client queries (and subsequent forwards) to a
> vendor's URL (www.pitneybowes.us) fail, but are successful if I query
> Google directly:
> 
> [root at XXXX~]# nslookup -type=any www.pitneybowes.us
> > Server:         xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> > Address:        xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53
> > ** server can't find www.pitneybowes.us: SERVFAIL
> > [root at XXX~]# nslookup -type=any www.pitneybowes.us 8.8.8.8
> > Server:         8.8.8.8
> > Address:        8.8.8.8#53
> > Non-authoritative answer:
> > pitneybowes.us  dname = pitneybowes.com.
> > www.pitneybowes.us      canonical name = www.pitneybowes.com.
> > Authoritative answers can be found from:
> 
> 
> The only thing out of the ordinary here is the existence of a DNAME
> record
> -- which to the best of my new understanding fails upon queries on A
> records.
> 
> So my question is, are DNAME records something that Samba's internal
> DNS
> can't handle?
> 
> Can somebody else using the Internal DNS verify this?

Can you try git master?  Otherwise, while I see some IDL to parse a
DNAME, I don't see any specific code, so any support will be accidental
as part of the general forwarding case.

Additionally, we don't have great support for large packets and TCP
forwarding, as I understand it. 

Sorry,

Andrew Bartlett

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