SUSAdmin access denied

[themanwhowas]

hello

I have been trying to get SUS working and have eventually come to the conclusion that i have a DNS problem. my setup is:

domain controller (acting as DNS and DHCP server) - 192.168.1.14

router - 192.168.1.1

my domain controller is set to use itself as its dns server. this is ok for my intranet but i cant connect to the internet. changing the tcp/ip settings lets me connect to the internet but not to my intranet

Basically i believe that http://server/SUSAdmin needs both local DNS and internet access to work. im logged in as administrator and I keep getting access denied even when i allow full control to everyone. maybe im wrong and its something completely different. i dont know

I'm stuck and thoroughly pee'd off right now

any help greatly appreciated.

thanks

[themanwhowas]

got it. i had to disable anonymous access. i guess it makes sense as you dont want anybody changing the SUS settings. but if anybody can help with the DNS problem then that would be good.

thanks

[Train]

Let the router handle the DNS or the server, which ever is closer to the modem.

You can not have 2 items handing out DNS normally.

[themanwhowas]

double reply. my fault

[themanwhowas]

it is a router/modem. so i guess let the router handle the DNS. but my router has a configurable ip address for a dns sever so i can use whichever DNS i choose.

So do i set the router to use the domain controller as the DNS server and set the DNS server in tcp ip settings to use the router(which will route back to the domain controller)?

I tried using zone forwarding or something, forwarding to opendns (208.67.222.222) but still couldnt access the internet

thanks for the reply

[themanwhowas]

i have spent the time from my last post until now playing with the server in all manner of ways and finally i have the solution.

I set the tcp/ip settings to automatically obtain an ip address. i set the DNS ip to that of my router. in my router settings i set the DNS as opendns (208.67.222.222) and set my servers mac address to use a static ip of 192.168.1.14 which was perviously my static ip in tcp/ip settings

Now using my router for the DNS returns ip resolutions from opendns and my local dns server so i can access both localhost and the internet

Groovy. i have learnt a lot there

[Tuttle]

Actually, on a domain you really really want the domain controller(s) to be your network's DNS servers (for the servers and the PCs). Active Directory relies very heavily on DNS, and a non-AD-compatible service (which your router almost certainly is) will lead to all sorts of fun breakage. Little things, like machines taking 15-20 minutes to log on and stuff.

What you then want to do is go into Control Panel | Administrative Tools | DNS on the domain controller and configure something further out (router, ISP DNS servers etc) as a forwarder for the server. That means that whenever your server has a DNS query it can't answer because it's not on your network, it'll forward the lookup out to something which can.

[themanwhowas]

i tried adding forwarders to opendns but the http requests just kept timing out. ill try adding my router as a forwarder and see what happens.