[Samba] Win Clients and DNS

[Viktor Trojanovic]

On 16.11.2015 17:06, Ole Traupe wrote:
> Viktor, reading your original post again, I find that the "Primary 
> Domain Suffix" there is given as "SAMDOM.COM" while you claim that 
> your domain name actually has the form of "samdom.example.com". Is 
> this a typo, or does this actually differ?
>
> I am asking, because you can (at least in Win7) - in the system 
> properties right where you give the domain name for the join - specify 
> a "Primary DNS suffix for this computer". And if that has a typo, it 
> might cause some problems.
>
> Ole
>
>

Good eye! :) No, that's just a mistake I made in my normalization 
efforts.  It's samdom.example.com

Viktor


>
> Am 16.11.2015 um 16:26 schrieb Viktor Trojanovic:
>>
>>
>> On 16.11.2015 15:59, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>>> There is nothing wrong with your policies.
>>>
>>> Test if it all works and if it does, ignore these messages.
>>>
>>> I having the same message. ( samba 4.2.5 )
>>>
>>> Gr.
>>>
>>> Louis
>>
>> I'm actually not sure about that. These are error, not warning 
>> messages in the windows event viewer, and the concerned GP folder is 
>> the same that sysvolcheck returns an error on. So, as sysvolcheck on 
>> Linux returns the error on another folder, so does the event viewer 
>> in Windows return an error on the same folder and not the other one 
>> anymore.
>>
>> Something really strange is happening here.
>>
>>>
>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>>> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Viktor 
>>>> Trojanovic
>>>> Verzonden: maandag 16 november 2015 15:54
>>>> Aan: Rowland Penny; samba at lists.samba.org
>>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Win Clients and DNS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 16.11.2015 15:34, Rowland Penny wrote:
>>>>> On 16/11/15 14:18, Viktor Trojanovic wrote:
>>>>>> On 16.11.2015 14:22, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>>>>>>> More explained..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Only my laptops get a DHCP IP.
>>>>>>> All my other computers have static ip.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After the AD join, it does not matter if
>>>>>>> 1) a desktop pc, when a static IP changes for a computer.
>>>>>>> 2) a laptop gets a different IP.
>>>>>>> The PC always updates its A and PTR
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, in both cases my A and PTR records are changed in the DNS.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe an firewall setting on you pc is blocking the update to the
>>>>>>> dns server or on the server you now allowing the dns updates.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you have a look into that?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Greetz,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Louis
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, so my situation is as follow:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - NDS A and PTR are manually set on the Samba DNS for all domain
>>>> members
>>>>>> - All clients have fixed IP addresses and are in the same subnet as
>>>>>> the Samba server
>>>>>> - I disabled the Windows Firewall just to make sure there is no 
>>>>>> block
>>>>>> on the PC either
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ==> No change, I still get the same error message in the windows
>>>>>> event viewer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I look at the error message, one line which seems wrong is
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----> Sent update to server: <?>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It does give the correct IP address in the following line but is 
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> how it should look?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Viktor
>>>>>>
>>>>> OK, just had a thought, is the DC the *only* dns server in the Samba
>>>>> domain ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Rowland
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Yes, absolutely.
>>>>
>>>> On another topic, you saw my thread on sysvolreset. It's driving me
>>>> nuts. Everytime I run sysvolreset (which takes ages), and subsequently
>>>> run sysvolcheck, the error message names a different folder than the
>>>> sysvolcheck before. What's up with that? Is that normal? How often 
>>>> am I
>>>> supposed to run sysvolreset to make it work? Mind you, I only have 8
>>>> policies, no scripts or other files, and it's the only DC. And the DB
>>>> check command ran with 0 errors.
>>>>
>>>> Viktor
>>>>
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