[PATCH] Finally run bind9_dlz spnego test, fix drs delete behaviour

Andrew Bartlett abartlet at samba.org
Sat Jun 8 06:21:04 MDT 2013


On Wed, 2013-06-05 at 16:31 +1000, Amitay Isaacs wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2013-06-04 at 16:39 +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 22:27 +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2013-06-02 at 23:05 +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > > > > I've been frustrated for over 6 months by why adding some 'simple'
> > tests
> > > > > to confirm that some of the crypto in the bind9_dlz code works
> > because
> > > > > it suddenly broke make test, particularly dbcheck.
> > > > >
> > > > > The attached patches just passed a private autobuild.  They add the
> > > > > 'problem' tests, but first we fix the behaviour of DRS-initiated
> > object
> > > > > deletes.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please review/push/comment (this patch series includes the usnChanged
> > > > > series I posted a few days ago).
> > > > >
> > > > > >From here, I would like to continue to improve the tests - the
> > tests in
> > > > > source4/torture/drs/python/delete_object.py could be trivially
> > extended
> > > > > to add a 'description' and 'memberOf' element that we should ensure
> > gets
> > > > > deleted on both hosts, for example.  We could also watch usnChanged
> > > > > values to ensure we delete the right stuff, but for now I'm simply
> > > > > stunned that this could ever have worked with this incorrect!
> > > >
> > > > Just as a heads-up I'm continuing to work on these patches.  The point
> > > > tests I added (rather than just waiting for the dbcheck) show the issue
> > > > isn't totally resolved, but is better.  (I somehow found a
> > > > member/memberOf link left over...).
> > > >
> > > > Review of this much would be helpful, but expect additional changes as
> > > > we finally start to get this right.
> > >
> > > I've not finished the patch yet, but what seems clear is that the issue
> > > comes from processing (rather that dropping/ignoring, as we should)
> > > linked attributes and to deleted objects.
> >
> > I'm almost shocked to finally have this finished, given how long this
> > problem has dogged me.  The patches are in my fix-drs-testing-14 branch,
> > and attached.
> >
> > Not only does this open up the chance to do more DRS testing, and more
> > unrelated fixes to DRS replication (now that adding tests does not
> > suddenly cause 'unrelated' breakages), it also allows us to resume
> > adding tests of the bind9 DLZ module, which stalled out when adding
> > bind9 tests broke stuff.
> >
> > The patches handle both normal and linked attributes, following all the
> > special rules for deleted objects.
> >
> >
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> While testing this branch I noticed that on the server object "dNSHostName"
> attribute is missing for joined DC.  I have samba4 DC (euler-i1) and
> Windows DC (w2008r2-i1) joined to samba4.

> 
> The error in printing KCC connection objects is due to missing
> "dNSHostName" attribute.
> 
> There seem to be some more issues with replication. I was interested in
> finding out whether DNS zones replicate to windows successfully.
> 
> Let me know if you need any more information.

Indeed, it seems something is still wrong.  The difficult bit is working
out why it didn't want to replicate. :-(

Andrew Bartlett

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