Samba does not replicate DNS_RPC_ZONE_REVERSE flag. [root@dc1 log]# samba-tool dns zonelist dc1 3 zone(s) found pszZoneName : 157.168.192.in-addr.arpa Flags : **DNS_RPC_ZONE_DSINTEGRATED DNS_RPC_ZONE_UPDATE_SECURE** ZoneType : DNS_ZONE_TYPE_PRIMARY Version : 50 dwDpFlags : DNS_DP_AUTOCREATED DNS_DP_FOREST_DEFAULT DNS_DP_ENLISTED pszDpFqdn : ForestDnsZones.foo.bar.com pszZoneName : _msdcs.foo.bar.com Flags : DNS_RPC_ZONE_DSINTEGRATED DNS_RPC_ZONE_UPDATE_SECURE ZoneType : DNS_ZONE_TYPE_PRIMARY Version : 50 dwDpFlags : DNS_DP_AUTOCREATED DNS_DP_FOREST_DEFAULT DNS_DP_ENLISTED pszDpFqdn : ForestDnsZones.foo.bar.com pszZoneName : foo.bar.com Flags : DNS_RPC_ZONE_DSINTEGRATED DNS_RPC_ZONE_UPDATE_SECURE ZoneType : DNS_ZONE_TYPE_PRIMARY Version : 50 dwDpFlags : DNS_DP_AUTOCREATED DNS_DP_FOREST_DEFAULT DNS_DP_ENLISTED pszDpFqdn : ForestDnsZones.foo.bar.com [root@dc1 log]# samba-tool dns zonelist pdc1 3 zone(s) found pszZoneName : _msdcs.foo.bar.com Flags : DNS_RPC_ZONE_DSINTEGRATED DNS_RPC_ZONE_UPDATE_SECURE ZoneType : DNS_ZONE_TYPE_PRIMARY Version : 50 dwDpFlags : DNS_DP_AUTOCREATED DNS_DP_FOREST_DEFAULT DNS_DP_ENLISTED pszDpFqdn : ForestDnsZones.foo.bar.com pszZoneName : 157.168.192.in-addr.arpa Flags : **DNS_RPC_ZONE_REVERSE DNS_RPC_ZONE_DSINTEGRATED DNS_RPC_ZONE_UPDATE_SECURE ** ZoneType : DNS_ZONE_TYPE_PRIMARY Version : 50 dwDpFlags : DNS_DP_AUTOCREATED DNS_DP_FOREST_DEFAULT DNS_DP_ENLISTED pszDpFqdn : ForestDnsZones.foo.bar.com pszZoneName : foo.bar.com Flags : DNS_RPC_ZONE_DSINTEGRATED DNS_RPC_ZONE_UPDATE_SECURE ZoneType : DNS_ZONE_TYPE_PRIMARY Version : 50 dwDpFlags : DNS_DP_AUTOCREATED DNS_DP_FOREST_DEFAULT DNS_DP_ENLISTED pszDpFqdn : ForestDnsZones.foo.bar.com
PDC1 - Windows 2003 Server, level 2 DC1 - Samba 4.4.4
this is actually nothing that needs to be replicated but it's the dns server, which dynamically should sets the flag for reverse zones. I made a merge request with a fix here: https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/merge_requests/1037