FreeBSD 10,3 DNS and Active Directory

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Jediah

Beloved FreeBSD Community,
I need some tutorial a guide a howto make a DNS Active Directory (local domain) for my home servers, so i can make all the computers join and talk to each other.
I dont want install any unnecessary packages, just a pure Bind (DNS) and the packages that it needs.
Regards:
Jediah
 
Jediah said:
I need some tutorial a guide a howto make a DNS Active Directory (local domain) for my home servers, so i can make all the computers join and talk to each other.
I dont want install any unnecessary packages, just a pure Bind (DNS) and the packages that it needs.
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If you really mean "Active Directory" and by "join" you mean a Windows machine joining an AD domain, DNS is only a little part of it. A Windows workstation joined to an AD domain creates an entry in a directory, for example. You will need at least:
Such a setup is not trivial and this list is probably not complete.
 
What you are looking for is the Samba Wiki, which walks you through setting up a Domain Controller, joining hosts to it, etc. There's nothing very special about FreeBSD in this respect.
If you have trouble I would suggest first contacting the Samba folk on their mailing list (on page linked).
 
Zirias said:
If you really mean "Active Directory" and by "join" you mean a Windows machine joining an AD domain, DNS is only a little part of it. A Windows workstation joined to an AD domain creates an entry in a directory, for example. You will need at least:
Such a setup is not trivial and this list is probably not complete.
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Should I go with Auto ZFS or Auto UFS when I install the FreeBSD OS for DNS?
 
Zirias said:
If you really mean "Active Directory" and by "join" you mean a Windows machine joining an AD domain, DNS is only a little part of it. A Windows workstation joined to an AD domain creates an entry in a directory, for example. You will need at least:
Such a setup is not trivial and this list is probably not complete.
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Zirias,
Is kerberos builted in or do i have to install that manually, most important question is: is kerberos really nessecary to be installed?
Thought about buying a domain later on, and i have to admite that i am a newbie and dont recive new information very easly when it comes to new tech and setup.
P/S i have a pfsense firewall system, will it give me any trouble on the way i am building this DNS?
 
Jediah said:
Is kerberos builted in or do i have to install that manually, most important question is: is kerberos really nessecary to be installed?
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As far as I know Samba has everything builtin. And yes, Kerberos is a necessary part of Active Directory.

I think you need to be clear what exactly you want. If you just want a plain DNS server, just install any of the BIND or PowerDNS ports. If you want an Active Directory domain, you'll have to do a lot more work. Active Directory is not necessary to have all computers talk to each other or share files, you could use a simple workgroup for that.
 
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