[PATCH] samba-tool throws error if there is an empty FSMO role

Rowland Penny repenny241155 at gmail.com
Thu May 5 08:56:13 UTC 2016


On 04/05/16 22:36, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-05-04 at 20:50 +0100, Rowland Penny wrote:
>> On 04/05/16 20:27, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2016-05-02 at 20:41 +0100, Rowland Penny wrote:
>>>
>>>> So Andrew, how do I write a test for something that tests itself
>>>> every
>>>> time it runs ??? and if there are errors, these errors will
>>>> probably
>>>> have nothing to do with my code
>>> Exactly!  The vast majority of errors introduced into Samba,
>>> particularly into the python code, are not intentional nor present
>>> at
>>> the time that particular code was developed.
>>>
>>> I'm quite happy to trust, for the purpose of argument, that at this
>>> point in time, your patches are OK.
>>>
>>>> Or to put it another way, I cannot think how to write a test for
>>>> fsmo.py
>>>> that doesn't replicate how I tested it before I sent my patch and
>>>> there
>>>> is no point in doing the same test over and over again, on the
>>>> off
>>>> chance it will develop an error.
>>> The purpose of automated testing is to assert that this remains the
>>> case!
>>> Additionally, in python, there is no pre-compilation.  That means
>>> that
>>> the only way to guard against errors, such as we have seen in
>>> demote,
>>> where additional arguments are added BY OTHERS to functions called,
>>> is
>>> to run the code, and assert at the very least successful
>>> completion.
>>> Ideally we also assert some meaningful output, against what we
>>> expect,
>>> given the environment it runs in.
>>> I know it feels really odd writing an assertion in much the same
>>> way as
>>> the code it is testing does internally - but it works, partly
>>> because
>>> the unintentional or helpful fix typically won't also
>>> unintentionally
>>> update the test to mask a breakage.
>>> Without continuous integration, with such a small team Samba would
>>> not
>>> be what it is today - we would be chasing our tail, endlessly
>>> fixing
>>> our own regressions.
>>> I hope this clarifies things,
>>>
>>> Andrew Bartlett
>>>
>> OK, I understand the why
> Good.  This first step is very, very important.
>
>> , but I will say this very loud, I HAVE NO IDEA
>> HOW TO DO THIS! :-)
>>
>> How do I create two DCs ? how do I provision the first and then join
>> the
>> second to the first ? Having done that, how do I then empty FSMO
>> roles ?
>> how do I then call fsmo.py ?
> I think you have perhaps imagined that your task is more complex than
> it actually is.
>
> There are already a number of test environments defined in
> selftest/targets/Samba4.pm

OK, first problem:
line 184 in Samba4.pm is:

     my $nmblookup =  Samba::bindir_path($self, "nmblookup4");

root at dc1:~# ls /usr/local/samba/sbin/nmblookup4
ls: cannot access /usr/local/samba/sbin/nmblookup4: No such file or 
directory

root at dc1:~# samba -V
Version 4.4.2

Shall I prepare a patch ???

Rowland

>
> One of them is called fl2000dc
>
> If you run "SELFTEST_TESTENV=fl2000dc:local make testenv"
>
> Then you can play in that environment.
>
> Specifically, you can see that on git master 'samba-tool fsmo show'
> faults.  That is perfect, because it already gives you everything you
> need to show your patch is correct.  It doesn't matter if running in
> fl2000 mode is practical in the real world - it just means you don't
> need to do any more work to get a DC without a DNS partition, which is
> the actual goal.
>
> Your task is to look at the examples I gave, and build a very simple
> test that confirms that in every environment, this command runs to
> completion.
>
> Bonus points for checking the results make sense (you have the test
> confirm if there is a DNS partition), but start with 'it runs and
> succeeds', because that is what catches the syntax errors.
>
> Some hints:
>
> Here is how we invoke the timecmd test:
> source4/selftest/tests.py:
> planpythontestsuite("ad_dc_ntvfs:local",
> "samba.tests.samba_tool.timecmd")
>
> See also the loops where we run some commands over multiple
> environments.
>
> Here is the timecmd test:
> python/samba/tests/samba_tool/timecmd.py
>
> An existing test for the fsmo code.  (You can still build a simple test
> like timecmd rather than extending this one, if you prefer):
>
> source4/torture/drs/python/fsmo.py
>
> Also please re-read my previous mails.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew Bartlett
>
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> Andrew Bartlett
> https://samba.org/~abartlet/
> Authentication Developer, Samba Team         https://samba.org
> Samba Development and Support, Catalyst IT
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