[Samba] Wiki news: Build Samba, Join DCs

[Steve Ankeny]

On 10/02/2015 02:37 PM, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 02/10/15 19:02, Steve Ankeny wrote:
>> On 09/29/2015 01:23 PM, Rowland Penny wrote:
>>> On 29/09/15 18:09, Steve Ankeny wrote:
>>>> On 09/27/2015 05:48 AM, Marc Muehlfeld wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> during the last week I finished two documentation:
>>>>>
>>>>> * https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Build_Samba_from_source
>>>>>    This page wasn't more than just a "configure/make/make install"
>>>>>    before. I hope it's now a good guide with some background
>>>>>    information.
>>>>>
>>>>> *
>>>>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Join_an_additional_Samba_DC_to_an_existing_Active_Directory 
>>>>>
>>>>>    Major rewrite with more information, etc.
>>>>>    Thanks to Rowland for proofreading.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> + some minor edits here and there. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Marc
>>
>> The join was successful but resolving the A record failed --
>>
>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Check_and_fix_DNS_entries_on_DC_joins
>>
>> adam at eagle:~$ samba-tool dns add DC sogo.smbdomain.com DC A 10.99.0.2 
>> -Uadministrator
>> ERROR(runtime): uncaught exception - (-1073741628, 
>> 'NT_STATUS_UNEXPECTED_NETWORK_ERROR')
>>   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 
>> 1059, in run
>>     dns_conn = dns_connect(server, self.lp, self.creds)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/dns.py", line 
>> 40, in dns_connect
>>     dns_conn = dnsserver.dnsserver(binding_str, lp, creds)
>> adam at eagle:~$
>>
>> 'sogo.smbdomain.com' is DC1 and the command is being run on DC1
>>
>> I've seen the same error on DC1
>>
>> It looks like a missing package to me or a missing link.  Is it 
>> 'netcmd' or 'dns.py'?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> I don't think you have anything missing, I think you are possibly 
> formatting the command incorrectly, it should be:
>
> samba-tool dns add <server> <zone> <name> A <data>
>
> If you run the command on DC1, you can replace <server> with 
> 127.0.0.1, <zone> needs to be your dns domain name (is your domain 
> name 'sogo.smbdomain.com'), <name> is the short hostname of the new DC 
> (is DC the correct hostname), <data> with the ip of the new DC. if 
> everything is ok, it should work, provided that Samba is running on 
> the DC that you are running the command on.
>
> What does resolving the new DC actually show?
>
> Rowland
>
>
GOT IT!

root at sogo:~# sudo samba-tool dns add 127.0.0.1 smbdomain.com eagle A 
192.168.121.141 -Uadministrator
Password for [SMBDOMAIN\administrator]:
Record added successfully
root at sogo:~#

Now, do I need to add it to DC2?