these scripts do not work in synology active directory / DSM7

[TingYsf]

Thank you all very much for these scripts.

I am running AD in synology DSM7, same issue with DHCP not talking to DNS, and I tried this script but does not work.

I remember when I was using DSM6, I used a script and follow the instruction from following link, but now I am using DSM7, somehow I can not find synology's script dhcpd-script.sh under /usr/share/dhcpd/, this folder is no longer there.

Here was old link talking about a new script for DHCP and DNS at AD condition:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53163225/how-can-i-update-a-non-windows-dns-server-a-records-from-dhcp-on-a-synology-nas

Wondering anybody have some good ideas?

[nikolarun]

Hi, I have a similar issue , running AD in DSM7 with pfsense ( the pfsense is doing the DHCP and assigns the DNS of the pfsense as primary and DS as a 2nd one). My DNS logs are full of "client @0x7f2734048e80 192.168.1.162#53566: update 'thevilla.local/IN' denied"
Have you found a solution to this by any chance ?

[gclayburg]

These scripts haven't been modified in quite a while. It works for me, but I am only using DSM6. I don't know if it works with DSM7 , AD , or pfsense. Are these scripts still needed with DSM7? You would think at some point this kind of functionality would just get bundled into DSM.

[dougmeek]

@gclayburg, unfortunately, yes, these are still required. I've had to make a couple changes to the code to get it to work with DSM 7, but I think you already have PRs open for those specific issues, going back to 2021.

Speculation: Synology does not seem to have an appetite to create or improve functionality right now. They appear to have put the bean counters in charge and are trying to maximize profits at the expense of users and user experience. (see the 7.2.2 codec removal as an example)

[gclayburg]

@dougmeek Maybe I should take a look at that PR.

[dougmeek]

@gclayburg IIRC, the permissions issue is what bit me. At least that's what's reflected in my fork from 2021. I believe that's addressed in PR #39

[sspeed22]

In DSM7 with Active Directory, it appears zones are stored in Active Directory, while the script looks for them in /var/packages/DNSServer/target/named/etc/zone/master. I don't see how the script would work with Active Directory DNS zones?