[Samba] Question about DNS Ghost Records

[Gerhard Stein]

I just found this:

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/DNS -> Under troubleshoot

Let me try it out first.


Am 10.10.2013 15:07, schrieb Gerhard Stein:
>
> I have had an IP Address Record of the name Z37 which was 
> 192.168.2.203. Using nslookup I find it, but samba-tool queries the 
> name and shows 0 Records?
>
> $ nslookup Z37
>
> Server:        192.168.2.1
> Address:    192.168.2.1#53
>
> Name:    Z37.calcdom.local
> Address: 192.168.2.203
>
>
>
> $ samba-tool dns query localhost calcdom.local @ ALL
>   Name=, Records=4, Children=0
>     SOA: serial=119, refresh=900, retry=600, expire=86400, 
> ns=zcontroller.calcdom.local., email=hostmaster.calcdom.local. 
> (flags=600000f0, serial=119, ttl=3600)
>     NS: zcontroller.calcdom.local. (flags=600000f0, serial=1, ttl=900)
>     A: 134.147.57.144 (flags=600000f0, serial=110, ttl=900)
>     A: 192.168.2.1 (flags=600000f0, serial=110, ttl=900)
>   Name=_msdcs, Records=0, Children=0
>   Name=_sites, Records=0, Children=1
>   Name=_tcp, Records=0, Children=4
>   Name=_udp, Records=0, Children=2
>   Name=DomainDnsZones, Records=0, Children=2
>   Name=ForestDnsZones, Records=0, Children=2
>   Name=Y15, Records=1, Children=0
>     A: 192.168.2.192 (flags=f0, serial=110, ttl=1200)
>   Name=Y16, Records=1, Children=0
>     A: 192.168.2.122 (flags=f0, serial=110, ttl=1200)
>
> ....
>
>   Name=Z34, Records=1, Children=0
>     A: 192.168.2.169 (flags=f0, serial=110, ttl=1200)
>   Name=Z35, Records=1, Children=0
>     A: 192.168.2.206 (flags=f0, serial=115, ttl=0)
>   Name=Z36, Records=1, Children=0
>     A: 192.168.2.205 (flags=f0, serial=116, ttl=0)
>   Name=Z37, Records=0, Children=0 < ------------------------
>   Name=zcontroller, Records=2, Children=0
>     A: 134.147.57.144 (flags=f0, serial=110, ttl=900)
>     A: 192.168.2.1 (flags=f0, serial=110, ttl=900)
>   Name=Ztest, Records=0, Children=0
>
>
> Now in order to fix that I tried to delete that record and get this:
>
> $ samba-tool dns update localhost calcdom.local Z37 A 192.168.2.203 
> 192.168.2.210
> Password for [Administrator at CALCDOM.LOCAL]:
> ERROR: Record does not exist
>
> I can believe that, but when I try then to add a new record with that 
> name:
>
> $ samba-tool dns add localhost calcdom.local Z37 A 192.168.2.203
> Password for [Administrator at CALCDOM.LOCAL]:
> ERROR(runtime): uncaught exception - (9711, 
> 'WERR_DNS_ERROR_RECORD_ALREADY_EXISTS')
>   File 
> "/usr/local/samba/lib/python2.7/site-packages/samba/netcmd/__init__.py", 
> line 175, in _run
>     return self.run(*args, **kwargs)
>   File 
> "/usr/local/samba/lib/python2.7/site-packages/samba/netcmd/dns.py", 
> line 1053, in run
>     0, server, zone, name, add_rec_buf, None)
>
> So, no record, but I cannot add this one...? A bit strange. I did a 
> recent update where also the automatic DNS updates got better on the 
> other computers.
>
> I'm still trying to remove that record...What works is to add a Record 
> with another data:
>
> $ samba-tool dns add localhost calcdom.local Z37 A 192.168.2.210
> Password for [Administrator at CALCDOM.LOCAL]:
> Record added successfully
>
> But I cannot update or remove the one with the 192.168.2.203:
>
> now both are shown :
>
> $ nslookup z37
> Server:        192.168.2.1
> Address:    192.168.2.1#53
>
> Name:    z37.calcdom.local
> Address: 192.168.2.203
> Name:    z37.calcdom.local
> Address: 192.168.2.210
>
>
> Btw. I have no bind installed. I hope you can help, because I have no 
> way to remove that record. Can I clear the DNS Cache maybe? How?
>
> Kind Regards,
>