[Samba] Win Clients and DNS

[L.P.H. van Belle]

AH.. a clue..  
> Dynamic registration is required if not using static IP's. It's also
> possible with Samba. This depends on the Samba version you are using and
> if you're using the internal or bind solution.

Im using bind9 as dns, victor, your using internal dns?  




> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens James
> Verzonden: maandag 16 november 2015 18:43
> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Win Clients and DNS
> 
> On 11/16/2015 12:18 PM, Viktor Trojanovic wrote:
> >
> >>>>
> >>> Is this with Samba internal DNS? What version of Samba? Your
> >>> original OP stated this to be the issue.
> >>>
> >>> "The system failed to register host (A or AAA) resource records
> >>> (RRs) for network adapter with settings:"
> >>>
> >>> This doesn't necessarily mean something is wrong. Are you using
> >>> secure or non-secure updates? Even though you are using static IP's,
> >>> you will find these entries if one of the following was to happen
> >>> and dns updates failed.
> >>>
> >>>  * A IP address was added or removed from the TCP/IP properties in
> >>> Windows
> >>>  * Enforcing ipconfig /registerdns from a elevated command prompt
> >>>  * At startup
> >>>
> >>> Based on what you have said. It appears all A records belonging to
> >>> the workstations are registered in DNS?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> You are probably right James, the OP initially gave the impression
> >> that he didn't have the workstations records in DNS, this has been
> >> proven to be incorrect, they are there. He also muddied the waters
> >> with saying they are all fixed IPs, so it seems that everbody
> >> focussed in on DNS problems, totally missing that it is a WINDOWS
> >> problem, see here:
> >>
> >> http://support.simpledns.com/kb/a182/system-failed-to-register-host-
> resource-records-rrs-network-adapter___-warning-windows-event-log.aspx
> >>
> >>
> >> So, to fix his problem, stop the windows machines from trying to
> >> register their address in DNS.
> >>
> >> A quick google found this, first on the list.
> >>
> >> Rowland
> >>
> > Rowland, it might be that the linked page explains why the register
> > fails but it doesn't say to solve the problem by stopping the machines
> > to try to register their address. As you might have seen later in the
> > discussion thread, there were differing opinions whether it is ok to
> > uncheck that box or not. If dynamic registration is not
> > needed/possible with Samba DNS and that box should be unchecked, then
> > this might be something worth knowing, and maybe should be part of the
> > wiki.
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > Viktor
> >
> >
> This doesn't sound like a issue but the intended behavior of windows.
> 
> It's OK to uncheck that box if assigning IP addresses to workstations.
> However I would advise against it. IP's would never get updated in DNS
> if you needed to make a change to one of the workstations. You would
> have to re enable this check box and most importantly, remember to do
> this manually. Opens room for headaches and additional administration.
> A better solution would be to create a GPO to prevent dynamic updates.
> This "error" can be safely ignored if you don't require dynamic updates.
> 
> Dynamic registration is required if not using static IP's. It's also
> possible with Samba. This depends on the Samba version you are using and
> if you're using the internal or bind solution.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> -James
> 
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