[Samba] Samba trying to connect to a non-existant DC for NTP?

[Rowland Penny]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:30:36 -0500
"James B. Byrne via samba" <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> However, the error messages are still being recorded in
> /var/log/messages:
> 
> Feb 15 14:27:36 smb4-2 samba[37524]: [2024/02/15 14:27:36.902610,  0]
> ../../source4/librpc/rpc/dcerpc_sock.c:63(continue_socket_connect)
> 
> Feb 15 14:27:36 smb4-2 samba[37524]:   Failed to connect host
> 192.168.18.161 on port 135 - NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
> 
> Feb 15 14:27:36 smb4-2 samba[37524]: [2024/02/15 14:27:36.902780,  0]
> ../../source4/librpc/rpc/dcerpc_sock.c:245(continue_ip_open_socket)
> 
> Feb 15 14:27:36 smb4-2 samba[37524]:   Failed to connect host
> 192.168.18.161
> (aac648b2-aac8-411d-afe0-7cbd5455841c._msdcs.brockley.harte-lyne.ca)
> on port 135 - NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL.
> 
> What else can I do to get this to stop?
> 

Is there a firewall blocking this ?
What is 192.168.18.161 ?
Is it
aac648b2-aac8-411d-afe0-7cbd5455841c._msdcs.brockley.harte-lyne.ca ?
Do they exist ?

Rowland