[Samba] attempting to administer DNS

[Rowland Penny]

On 23/11/15 23:18, Jeff Hodson wrote:
> Hi guys, I'm trying to add a jabber server to the network. It likes to use the hostname "chat.idg.tn.us" so I want to add that to the DNS backend of samba, so that my workstations which use the samba server for DNS can resolve it.
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> I assume I need to add an entry that says "hostname exsists at this IP: 128.10.10.17" so i'm using the command "samba-tool dns add 128.10.10.16 chat.idg.tn.us demo A 128.10.10.17" but i get "UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION: werr_dns_error_name_does_not_exist" what am i doing wrong?
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Try it like this:

samba-tool dns add 128.10.10.16 idg.tn.us chat A 128.10.10.17 -U 
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Rowland