[Samba] cannot update W7 or linux clients

[Rowland Penny]

On 19/01/15 20:04, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote:
>   
>
> First, I am sorry. I should know this by now.
>
> Last week had an issue with W7 client could not update. I made some
> adjustments to get W7 updated. Now I am having an issue with update
> resolution. (Run apt-get update and repositories cannot be find, etc.)
> So, this tells me that I have messed up my dns resolution.
>
> All clients (W7 & linux) point to my DC for DNS nameserver.
>
> All clients (W7 & linux) have statis ip addresses.
>
> Here are some files from my DC:
>
> root at dc01:~# cat /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 192.168.16.54 dc01.dtshrm.lan dc01
>
> # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
> ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
> root at dc01:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>   address 192.168.16.54
>   netmask 255.255.255.0
>   network 192.168.16.0
>   broadcast 192.168.16.255
>   gateway 192.168.16.106
>   # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
>   dns-nameservers 208.67.222.222
>   dns-search dtshrm.local
> root at dc01:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf
> search dtshrm.local
> domain dtshrm.local
> nameserver 192.168.16.54
> root at dc01:~# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>   workgroup = DTSHRM
>   realm = DTSHRM.LAN
>   netbios name = DC01
>   server role = active directory domain controller
>   server services = s3fs, rpc, nbt, wrepl, ldap, cldap, kdc, drepl,
> winbind, ntp_signd, kcc, dnsupdate
>   idmap_ldb:use rfc2307 = yes
>
> [netlogon]
>   path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol/dtshrm.lan/scripts
>   read only = No
>
> [sysvol]
>   path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol
>   read only = No
>
> Shouldn't there be a dns forwarder within the smb.conf file?

No, because you are using bind9, but there should be forwards in your 
bind config files, how have you set up bind ??

Rowland

>
> Please tell me where I made my error.