[Samba] Samba4 Join a domain as a DC

[Rowland Penny]

On 10/07/15 07:46, zorg wrote:
> Le 09/07/2015 18:20, Rowland Penny a écrit :
>> On 09/07/15 17:06, zorg wrote:
>>> But If i want my samba4 to be dns after when i ll decide to stop the 
>>> other dc
>>>
>>> can't i keep the to dns
>>>
>>> Could you explain a bit
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 09/07/2015 17:55, Marc Muehlfeld a écrit :
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Am 09.07.2015 um 17:04 schrieb zorg:
>>>>> following this
>>>>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Check_and_fix_DNS_entries_on_DC_joins 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> But i  do
>>>>> samba-tool dns add EPSILUM _msdcs.myos.local
>>>>> d4aBdfb0-8937-465a-af2d-d657fgh145ee CNAME smb4.myos.local
>>>>> If have got
>>>>>   ERROR(runtime): uncaught exception - (9601,
>>>>> 'WERR_DNS_ERROR_ZONE_DOES_NOT_EXIST')
>>>>> ‎ File 
>>>>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/__init__.py", line
>>>>> 175, in _run
>>>>> ‎ return self.run(*args, **kwargs)
>>>>> ‎ File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/dns.py", line
>>>>> 1070, in run
>>>>> ‎0, server, zone, name, add_rec_buf, None)
>>>>
>>>> During the DC join, have you configured that the new DC should not 
>>>> be a
>>>> DNS? E. g. by
>>>> # samba-tool domain join ... --dns-backend=NONE
>>>> or did you choose DNS backend=NONE if you used the interactive way?
>>>>
>>>> In that case run this command on one of your DCs, having a DNS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Marc
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hi, Active directory lives on DNS, if no DNS there is no Active 
>> Directory.
>>
>> Best plan would be to run DNS on all DCs, this way if there is a 
>> problem with one DC, you still have DNS. You should point each DC at 
>> another DC, then have its own address to fall back on i.e. if the 
>> ipaddress of DC1 is 192.168.0.2 and the ipaddress of DC2 is 
>> 192.168.0.3, then the /etc/resolv.conf on DC1 would be:
>>
>> search example.com
>> nameserver 192.168.0.3
>> nameserver 192.168.0.2
>>
>> and on DC2:
>>
>>  search example.com
>> nameserver 192.168.0.2
>> nameserver 192.168.0.3
>>
>> Rowland
>>
> I'll try to be more clear
>
> My first AD is a windows 2008
> I want to join my samba4 to the domain as a dc and then stop the 
> windows 2008. but
> when i do
>
>
> samba-tool dns add EPSILUM _msdcs.myos.local 
> d4aBdfb0-8937-465a-af2d-d657fgh145ee CNAME smb4.myos.local
> If have got
>   ERROR(runtime): uncaught exception - (9601,
> 'WERR_DNS_ERROR_ZONE_DOES_NOT_EXIST')
> ‎ File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/__init__.py", line
> 175, in _run
> ‎ return self.run(*args, **kwargs)
> ‎ File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/dns.py", line
> 1070, in run
> ‎0, server, zone, name, add_rec_buf, None)
>
> is this a samba-tool bug or what should i do to add it to my windows 
> 2008 dns
>
> thanks
>

Ah, I think I understand now, you don't seem to have the required DNS 
zones, what does:

samba-tool dns zonelist 127.0.0.1 -UAdministrator

show when run on the samba4 DC ?

Is your windows 2008 DC running as a dns server ?

Rowland