Can a client in a DNS subdomain with no DC's join an AD domain where the DC's reside in the parent DNS domain jkauffma2984 <jkauffma2984.3k8yfq[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> 12/11/2008 4:31:24 AM Lets say I have a DNS domain called company.local.* In that domain resides my DNS servers for that domain and my Active Directory Domain controllers, which creates an active directory domain called, company.local.* The DNS servers are not necessarily running on the same box as the DC's and may not be Microsoft DNS, but do support all of the requirements for hosting an AD site. Can I go into the DNS server and create a child domain called sub.company.local, place windows workstations in that DNS child domain but make the workstation a member of the AD domain company.local?* I am only creating a child DNS domain, not a child AD domain.* There are no DNS or DC's in the child dns domain sub.company.local. In other words the workstation would have a Fully Qualified DNS name of work1.sub.company.local but be a member of the active directory domain company.local. -- jkauffma2984 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jkauffma2984's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/jkauffma2984.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/server-dns/1084859.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Re: Can a client in a DNS subdomain with no DC's join an AD domain where the DC's reside in the parent DNS domain Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] <meiweb(nospam)[ at ]gmx.de> 12/11/2008 9:20:13 AM Hello jkauffma2984, You can create a new forward/reverse lookup zone in DNS. But what is the reason to have workstations belonging to a zone/domain to move to have a record from another zone? Maybe you can describe what you are trying to achive. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm [Quoted Text] > Lets say I have a DNS domain called company.local.* In that domain > resides my DNS servers for that domain and my Active Directory Domain > controllers, which creates an active directory domain called, > company.local.* The DNS servers are not necessarily running on the > same box as the DC's and may not be Microsoft DNS, but do support all > of the requirements for hosting an AD site. > > Can I go into the DNS server and create a child domain called > sub.company.local, place windows workstations in that DNS child domain > but make the workstation a member of the AD domain company.local?* I > am only creating a child DNS domain, not a child AD domain.* There are > no DNS or DC's in the child dns domain sub.company.local. > > In other words the workstation would have a Fully Qualified DNS name > of work1.sub.company.local but be a member of the active directory > domain company.local. > > http://forums.techarena.in >