[Samba] On to samba-tools tools - Re: samba_dlz: Failed to connect

[Rowland Penny]

On 03/09/15 19:42, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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> On 09/03/2015 02:33 PM, Rowland Penny wrote:
>> On 03/09/15 19:21, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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>>> On 09/03/2015 02:17 PM, Rowland Penny wrote:
>>>> On 03/09/15 19:05, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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>>>>> On 09/03/2015 01:59 PM, Sketch wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Sep 2015, Rowland Penny wrote:
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>>>>>>>  What are the permissions on /var/lib/samba/private/dns ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also don't forget the permissions on /var/lib/samba/private
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>>>>>> If you're using sernet's packages, you'll have to chgrp it to to 
>>>>>> named or give it o+x perms.
>>>>>
>>>>> chown root:named /var/lib/samba/private
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow that was it!
>>>>>
>>>>> DLZ is up and running.  Lots more to get right in the bind config....
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a web app to front end samba-tools for maintaining at 
>>>>> least the dns portion?
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>>>> Yes, it is called RSAT and runs on windows :-D
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>>> Very funny.  THAT IS NOT a web app front end to samba-tools. What 
>>> about webmin?  But have to see if it is build specific...
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>> As far as I know RSAT is the only option at the moment, Webmin 
>> doesn't seem to know anything about dlz, but then again Samba 4 AD 
>> has been out nearly 3 years now and Webmin still doesn't work with it.
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> Well does Webmin know about ldap and can update the ldap directly?
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> Grumble.
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It is no good grumbling on here, you could try grumbling at Webmin :-)

Also, using ldap is not as simple as that, try reading dns.py, it is in 
/usr/share/pyshared/samba/netcmd on debian
I know it is written in python and uses ldb, but it might help you to 
understand just how difficult it is to work with dns & samba.

Rowland