Original fictional directory card. No domain was created. No account was signed in. club.lab.invalid and notes.lab.invalid use the .invalid suffix. They are labels, not queries. 192.0.2.44 is a documentation address. No packet was sent. Directory name on this card: club.lab.invalid This is the name of the directory. It is not a website and it is not an A record. Objects User: mina User: noor Group: readers Members: mina and noor A security group collects accounts so a right can be given once. Domain controller: dc-1 A server that holds a complete copy of this domain's directory. Another controller would hold a copy too. This card has one. Clients use DNS to locate a domain controller. Finding the server is not the same as holding the accounts. Separate DNS record Name: notes.lab.invalid Type: A Data: 192.0.2.44 This record answers an address question. It does not hold user mina. It is not a domain controller. Reading an A record, or owning a DNS name, does not grant access to the directory. Check: the DNS record is notes.lab.invalid.