[Samba] DNS managment error

[Antun Horvat]

Well that's the thing, I can only replicate DNS changes from WinDC to 
Samba, but not in other way.
I can't even update DNS records on Samba side, only on Windows side.

I managed to figure out an error on Samba caused by RPC call:
dnsserver: Found DNS zone .
Failed to find DNS Zones in 
CN=MicrosoftDNS,DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=Radio101,DC=local

Now I am surfing on the web trying to find some kind of solution.

All best,
Antun

On 08/27/2013 08:46 PM, Garth Keesler wrote:
> Interesting. Are Forest and Domain records being replicated in both 
> directions from all DCs? It always worked from the WinDC to the S4DC 
> but not in the other direction. Also, were you able to use the WIN DNS 
> MMC to examine the DNS records on any of the Samba DCs? If so, you are 
> probably close to having it working; something I never managed to do.
>
> See ya...
> Garth
>
> On 08/27/2013 12:07 PM, Antun Horvat wrote:
>> Thanks for such quick reply,
>>
>> I have just executed "samba-tool drs showrepl" command and it seems 
>> that Forest and Domain LDAP DIT are being replicated successfully.
>> But I still doubt that it can not be fixed since all RR records that 
>> are added to w2k3 server are successfully propagated and present. All 
>> name resolution queries on samba reflect the state of w2k3 DNS.
>>
>> Is there some way to debug RPC calls so that we can more precisely 
>> locate the error?
>>
>>
>> All best,
>> Antun
>>
>> On 08/27/2013 06:40 PM, Garth Keesler wrote:
>>> This issue has been discussed at length before with no resolution to 
>>> my knowledge. If you use "samba-tool drs showrepl", you will 
>>> probably notice that Forest and Domain DNS is not being replicated 
>>> to/from all DCs. Additionally, if you use Win2003 DNS MMC, you will 
>>> not be able to detect that DNS is running on the Samba DCs nor that 
>>> they are DCs at all. I have only tested this using internal Samba 
>>> DNS but have found no workaround and have dropped trying to use 
>>> Samba to demote/replace a Win2003 DC for now.
>>>
>>> Good luck,
>>> Garth
>>>
>>> On 08/27/2013 09:58 AM, Antun Horvat wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> i have an issue with existing installation of samba4 domain controller
>>>> that is specific to dns managment.
>>>> In the domain I have two samba4 4.0.7 and one windows 2003 server 
>>>> that I
>>>> plug periodically to manage the dns.
>>>> All fsmo roles are transfered to samba.
>>>>
>>>> All aspects of the domain work perfectly, except one, the 
>>>> samba-tool dns
>>>> commands do not work.
>>>> All commands when executed on samba server return "ERROR(runtime):
>>>> uncaught exception - (9717, 'WERR_DNS_ERROR_DS_UNAVAILABLE')" 
>>>> error. The
>>>> same command pointed to windows server works fine.
>>>> All commands that add hosts to window are replicated to samba 
>>>> instances.
>>>>
>>>> The domain is functioning at 2003 native level (reported by windows
>>>> tool), but samba can't figure out the level.
>>>> Also when i try to demote the w2k3 server i get the error that "Active
>>>> Directory could not find another domain controller to transfer the
>>>> remaining data in the directory partition
>>>> DC=DomainDnsZones,Dc=example,dc=com"
>>>>
>>>> Could you please point me to the right resources so that i can resolve
>>>> my current issues.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance, and I wish best to all Samba community.
>>>>
>>>> ps
>>>> If you need some kind of help, such as testing rc's in certain
>>>> configuration, please contact me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>