[Cialug] Not able to resolve hosts names with a .local domain.

[Aaron]

Hello all,

I have recently switched from a Debian BIND DNS server to a Zentyal 3.3 
domain Server, and I've run into an issue with DNS. Well, I've had this 
issue for a while with not resolving the FQDN, but now I've gotten into 
an big issue while joining Linux Mint 13 to Zentyal. Using Likewise-open 
I'm getting the following error:

Error: Lsass Error [code 0x000000043]

Network name not found.. Failure to lookup a domain name ending in 
".local" may be the result of configuring the local system's hostname 
resolution (or equivalent) to use Multi-cast DNS. Please refer to the 
Likewise manual at 
http://www.likewise.com/resources/documention_library/manuals/open/likewise-open-guide.html#ConfigNsswitch 
for more information.


I've been able to test this all out in a virtual environment before 
deployment, worked this out by editing the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.


hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4

Edited the above to:
hosts: files dns [NOTFOUND=return]

And everything worked out, was able to join the VM to the domain and 
also it now allows FQDN to be resolved. However, after I deployed the 
Zentyal server in production, and configured it to same specs as I did 
in the VM, I edited the nsswitch.conf on my production Mint 13 dekstop 
and I get the same Lsass Error, however after multiple times glancing it 
over, I edited my dhclient.conf file to superseed my .local domain and 
preseed my localhost. I'm at a loss as to what else might be causing 
this issue. Any ideas and thoughts are greatly appreciated.