Re: [nssldap] Active Directory Server and strange referrals like DomainDnsZones ForestDnsZones - Unable to chase referral

[Jodok Ole Müllers <jodok-ole.muellers [at] aschendorff.de>]

Hello Jamin,

thanks for your support.

> Is av-verlag.de your company's domain or in any way related to your
> company?  

Yes. it is. 

> These two sub listings ForestDnsZones and DomainDnsZones
> appear to be a standard part of MS ADS and I suspect they are missing
> from your companies ADS server(s):

You are right. We have got a test environment with one ADS
and that is indeed broken and does not resolve 
ForestDnsZones and DomainDnsZones in DNS.

Whereas it works on our production environment:

Again ldapsearch returns this:

# search reference
ref: ldap://ForestDnsZones.av-verlag.de/DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=av-verlag,DC=
 de

# search reference
ref: ldap://DomainDnsZones.av-verlag.de/DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=av-verlag,DC=
 de

# search reference
ref: ldap://av-verlag.de/CN=Configuration,DC=av-verlag,DC=de

# numEntries: 3
# numReferences: 3


But this time the entries do resolve:


# nslookup ForestDnsZones.av-verlag.de

Name:   ForestDnsZones.av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.0.1
Name:   ForestDnsZones.av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.0.5
Name:   ForestDnsZones.av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.2.2
Name:   ForestDnsZones.av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.0.2

# nslookup DomainDnsZones.av-verlag.de

Name:   DomainDnsZones.av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.0.1
Name:   DomainDnsZones.av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.2.2
Name:   DomainDnsZones.av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.0.2
Name:   DomainDnsZones.av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.0.5

# nslookup av-verlag.de

Name:   av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.0.1
Name:   av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.0.5
Name:   av-verlag.de
Address: 85.239.120.40
Name:   av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.2.2
Name:   av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.0.2
Name:   av-verlag.de
Address: 192.168.5.2 


Thanks a lot for pointing me into the right direction.

Regards, Jodok