[Samba] Interdomain trust with different WINS servers

[Tom Reijnders]

Ehmm, isn't nmblookup ignoring the lmhosts file, like nslookup ignores 
the hosts file?

Juan Asensio Sánchez schreef:
> I have tried with lots of lmhosts formats, but it looks nmbd is ignoring the
> lmhosts file when trying to resolve hostnames using nmblookup. nmblookup
> gives the correct data when the name of the machine is in the DNS server.
>
> So now, i wonder if the trust relationship could be done using entries of
> DNS server, but i don't know what format must have these entries in the ldap
> server.
>
> I know the documentation says that all servers must use the same WINS
> server, but in our case this is impossible. All we can do is configure Samba
> so the WINS server all use the same DNS server.
>
> Any idea or help how to configure this?
>
> Regards.
>
>
> 2010/5/27 Gaiseric Vandal <gaiseric.vandal at gmail.com>
>
>   
>> I think the syntax may be the same as for Microsoft lmhosts
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314108
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 05/26/2010 05:35 AM, Juan Asensio Sánchez wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am trying to stablish a relation between two different Samba domains.
>>> Each
>>> domain has two PDCs, all they are WINS servers, and the two domains are in
>>> different subnets. They are configured to use LDAP as the
>>> user/group/machine
>>> database. First, I will create the relation, being DOM1.CORP the trusted
>>> domain, and DOM2.CORP the trusting domain, so in a server of DOM1.CORP, I
>>> create a user this way:
>>>
>>> DOM1-S1$ /usr/bin/perl -w /opt/ldap/smbldap-tools/bin/smbldap-useradd -W
>>> -t
>>> 5 'DOM1.CORP$'
>>> DOM1-S1$ smbpasswd -i DOM1.CORP$
>>>
>>> The two commands are OK, and the domain account is created in LDAP, in
>>> ou=Computers. I can see the machine in "getent passwd". Now, in a server
>>> of
>>> the trusting domain, i run the command:
>>>
>>> DOM2-S1$ net rpc trustdom establish 'DOM1.CORP'
>>> [2010/05/26 11:21:03, 0] utils/net_rpc.c:rpc_trustdom_establish(5647)
>>>   Couldn't find domain controller for domain DOM1.CORP
>>>
>>> Well, I know this is normal because servers of DOM2 don't know anything
>>> about DOM1. I suppose I will have to add the entries of the two servers of
>>> DOM1 in lmhosts, and the entry for the own domain, but i can't get it to
>>> work. Now, my lmhosts is this:
>>>
>>> 127.0.0.1         localhost
>>>
>>> 1.1.1.1      DOM1-S1
>>> 1.1.1.2      DOM1-S2
>>>
>>> 1.1.1.1      DOM1.CORP
>>> 1.1.1.2      DOM1.CORP
>>>
>>> But the previuos command gives error again. Even if I run nmblookup
>>> querying
>>> the servers or the domain, i get errors:
>>>
>>> DOM2-S1$ nmblookup -R -U localhost 'DOM1.CORP'
>>> added interface ip=1.1.2.1 bcast=1.1.2.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
>>> querying DOM1.CORP on 127.0.0.1
>>> name_query failed to find name DOM1.CORP
>>>
>>> Is this the right way to stablish the relationship? How should I add the
>>> entries to the lmhosts file?
>>>
>>> Regards and thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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