[Samba] Ubuntu client ddns failure [SOLVED]

[Rowland Penny]

On 22/05/14 14:27, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
> Ok steve,
>
> not if you make sure it all is as it should be.
>
> ( from man resolv.conf (
> domain =  Local domain name.
>         Most queries for names within this domain can use short names relative to the local domain.
>         If no domain entry is present, the domain is determined from the  local  hostname  returned  by
> =>>       gethostname(2); the domain part is taken to be everything after the first '.'.    < ===
> =>       Finally, if the hostname does not contain a domain part, the root domain is assumed.  <==
>
> exacly steves problem.
>
>
> so always like this.
>
> domain ....
> search ....  ...  ..
> nameserver ....
>
> works always correct and the order is also important.
Well yes, the order is important, it makes sure that 'domain' is ignored 
and 'search' is used instead ;-)

Also from 'man resolv.conf'

The domain and search keywords are mutually exclusive. If more than
one instance of these keywords is present, the last instance wins.

Rowland

>
> The address families hostname tries when looking up the FQDN, aliases
> and network addresses of the host are determined by the configuration
> of your resolver. For instance, on GNU Libc systems, the resolver
> can be instructed to try IPv6 lookups first by using the inet6 option in
> /etc/resolv.conf."
>
> so /etc/hosts, /etc/hostname and /etc/resolv.conf  needs to be correct.
> and hostname should have only the hostname ( not the domainname )
>
>
> Louis
>
>
>
>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: rowlandpenny at googlemail.com
>> [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Rowland Penny
>> Verzonden: donderdag 22 mei 2014 15:07
>> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Ubuntu client ddns failure [SOLVED]
>>
>> On 22/05/14 13:58, steve wrote:
>>> On 22/05/14 14:45, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>>>> no, FQDN in /etc/hostname.
>>>>
>>>> as you see here.
>>>>
>>>> cat /etc/hostname
>>>> mail1
>>>>
>>>> hostname -s
>>>> mail1
>>>>
>>>> hostname -d
>>>> bazuin.nl
>>>>
>>>> hostname -f
>>>> mail1.bazuin.nl
>>>>
>>>> getent hosts mail1.bazuin.nl
>>>> 192.168.xxx.xxx mail1.bazuin.nl
>>>> 195.xxx.xxx.xxx mail1.bazuin.nl
>>>>
>>>> getent hosts 192.168.xxx.xxx
>>>> 192.168.xxx.xxx mail1.bazuin.nl
>>>>
>>>> all correct.
>>>>
>>>> Debian Reference specify that it is the unqualified hostname
>>>> that should appear in this file /etc/hostname
>>>>
>>>> Steve did you put "domain hh3.site" in resolv.conf ?
>>>> if not, do it.
>>>> put the "single hostname " in /etc/hostname
>>>> run
>>>> hostname -F /etc/hostname
>>>> reboot
>>>>
>>>> and recheck with above commands.
>>>>
>>>> Louis
>>> Nope. No go. domain hh3.site in  resolv.conf neither. The
>> only way it
>>> will go is if fqdn is in /etc/hostname
>>>
>>>
>> putting 'domain hh3.site' wouldn't work if you already had 'search
>> hh3.site' in there already, see this extract from 'man resolv.conf':
>>
>> The domain and search keywords are mutually exclusive. If more than
>> one instance of these keywords is present, the last instance wins.
>>
>> Rowland
>>
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