Fwd: Error start bind9 samba4 BIND9_DLZ

Rowland Penny repenny241155 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 25 10:02:39 CEST 2013


On 24/09/13 22:03, Jacó Ramos wrote:
> Yes, the windows server is operating as a DNS server!
>
> And want a secondary DNS in samba4 server!
>
> Grato.
> Jacó Ramos
>
>
> 2013/9/24 Rowland Penny <repenny241155 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:repenny241155 at gmail.com>>
>
>     On 24/09/13 17:00, Jacó Ramos wrote:
>
>         I try to join the DC (Windows 2003 Server).
>
>         I am using samba 4.0.9.
>
>         Grato.
>         Jacó Ramos
>
>
>     Hmm, I wonder if that is the problem, bind is trying to get the
>     required data from the windows server and it isn't there.
>
>     I run a samba4 only setup and just set the main server up with
>     4.1.0rc3 and bind 9.9.3 and then joined another DC to this, same
>     samba4 version and again bind 9.9.3 absolutely no problem. I do
>     remember though, that the last time I did this (and it was also
>     the first time I did it), I tried to use the internal DNS server
>     on the second DC and had allsorts of problems until I moved the
>     second DC to bind9 as well.
>
>     So it just may be that you have found a bug, i.e. samba4 & bind
>     cannot join a domain if the main DC is a windows server.
>
>     Have you tried turning off bind9 and then doing the join again,
>     but this time without ' --dns-backend=BIND9_DLZ', if it does join
>     ok, then the problem must be with your setup.
>
>     Just had another thought, the windows server is operating as a DNS
>     server isn't it?
>
>     Rowland
>
>
>
I repeat, have you tried turning off bind9 and then doing the join again 
without '--dns-backend=BIND9_DLZ', samba4 has its own built in DNS server.

This may get you a working secondary server and will confirm that there 
is a problem with samba4/bind9 with a main windows server.

Rowland



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