[Samba] resolve errors with Samba 4 dns

[Rowland Penny]

On 29/06/15 18:44, Gary Dale wrote:
> I'm running Debian/Jessie on a server which is used as an AD DC. I'm 
> getting errors like this:
>
> Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org jessie InRelease
> Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org jessie/main Sources
> Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages
> Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en
> Err http://ftp3.nrc.ca jessie InRelease
> Err http://ftp3.nrc.ca jessie-updates InRelease
> Err http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease
> Err http://security.debian.org jessie/updates Release.gpg
>   Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'
> Err http://ftp3.nrc.ca jessie Release.gpg
>   Could not resolve 'ftp3.nrc.ca'
> Err http://ftp3.nrc.ca jessie-updates Release.gpg
>   Could not resolve 'ftp3.nrc.ca'
> W: Failed to fetch http://ftp3.nrc.ca/debian/dists/jessie/InRelease:
> W: Failed to fetch 
> http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/InRelease:
> W: Failed to fetch 
> http://ftp3.nrc.ca/debian/dists/jessie-updates/InRelease:
> W: Failed to fetch http://ftp3.nrc.ca/debian/dists/jessie/Release.gpg: 
> Could not resolve 'ftp3.nrc.ca'
> W: Failed to fetch 
> http://ftp3.nrc.ca/debian/dists/jessie-updates/Release.gpg: Could not 
> resolve 'ftp3.nrc.ca'
> W: Failed to fetch 
> http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/Release.gpg: Could not 
> resolve 'security.debian.org'
> W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old 
> ones used instead.
>
> since installing Samba 4 and using its DNS server. I've tried 
> forwarding to both my router, which has dns, and directly to Google's 
> 8.8.8.8 DNS servers but the problems persist.
>
> On workstations, e-mail sometimes gets through and sometimes fails. 
> Other Internet services are similarly iffy.
>
> Any suggestions?

OK, can you ping 'ftp3.nrc.ca' from a workstation ?
Does it work from the AD DC ?

How are the workstations getting their DNS info, if it is DHCP, are they 
getting full and correct info?

Rowland