[Samba] samba-tool dns serverinfo command throws error

Douglas Bagnall douglas.bagnall at catalyst.net.nz
Thu May 23 22:25:26 UTC 2019


hi James,

> @dc1:~# samba-tool dns serverinfo dc1.domain.local -U administrator
> Password for [DOMAIN\administrator]:
>   dwVersion                   : 0xece0205
>   fBootMethod                 : DNS_BOOT_METHOD_DIRECTORY
>   fAdminConfigured            : FALSE
>   fAllowUpdate                : TRUE
>   fDsAvailable                : TRUE
>   pszServerName               : DC1.domain.local
>   pszDsContainer              :
> CN=MicrosoftDNS,DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=domain,DC=local
> ERROR(<class 'TypeError'>): uncaught exception - a bytes-like object is
> required, not 'str'
>   File
> "/usr/local/samba/lib/python3.5/site-packages/samba/netcmd/__init__.py",
> line 185, in _run
>     return self.run(*args, **kwargs)
>   File
> "/usr/local/samba/lib/python3.5/site-packages/samba/netcmd/dns.py", line
> 564, in run
>     print_serverinfo(self.outf, typeid, res)
>   File
> "/usr/local/samba/lib/python3.5/site-packages/samba/netcmd/dns.py", line
> 225, in print_serverinfo
>     dns_addr_array_string(serverinfo.aipServerAddrs))
>   File
> "/usr/local/samba/lib/python3.5/site-packages/samba/netcmd/dns.py", line
> 157, in dns_addr_array_string
>     addr = inet_ntop(AF_INET, x)
> 
> I'm not experiencing any DNS issues so I believe this may be a bug with
> the move to python3 Am I correct?

Yes, you are very likely correct.

Does the attached patch help?

If you can confirm this at
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13965
it can get into the next 4.10 release.

Douglas
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