[Samba] ERROR_DNS_UPDATE_FAILED and NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL

[buhorojo]

On 06/02/15 19:45, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote:
>   
>
> I have been struggling with getting a member server to join my domain.
> Thanks to testing and using a VM, I can get the test member server to
> join my domain. The member server on "real hardware" cannot join, well
> sort of.
>
> When I "join", I get:
>
> net ads join -U Administrator
> Enter Administrator's password:
> Using short domain name -- DTS***M
> Joined 'DTMBR01' to dns domain 'dts***m.lan'
> DNS Update for dtmember01.dts***m.lan failed: ERROR_DNS_UPDATE_FAILED
> DNS update failed: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
>
> And when I "leave", I get:
>
> net ads leave -U Administrator
> Enter Administrator's password:
> Deleted account for 'DTMBR01' in realm 'DTS***M.LAN'
>
> So, I look for what where?
The DC handling the join does not know the fqdn of the member server. Add:
127.0.0.1 dtmember01.dts***m.lan dtmember01 localhost
to /etc/hosts
then rejoin