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

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 09/03/2015 04:03 PM, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 03/09/15 20:48, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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>> On 09/03/2015 02:51 PM, Rowland Penny wrote:
>>> 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:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  What are the permissions on /var/lib/samba/private/dns ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also don't forget the permissions on /var/lib/samba/private
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, it is called RSAT and runs on windows :-D
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Well does Webmin know about ldap and can update the ldap directly?
>>>>
>>>> Grumble.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> My first item is to add the A and CNAME records for some of the 
>> statically addressed systems in my home.htt domain.
>
> Try 'samba-tool dns add --help'
> The first line it prints is this:
>
> Usage: samba-tool dns add <server> <zone> <name> 
> <A|AAAA|PTR|CNAME|NS|MX|SRV|TXT> <data>

What is server?  localhost?

>
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>> For 2 of them I COULD use dhcp with MAC - IP address mapping. Have 
>> you used that and gotten the A record added?  That probably won't 
>> handle the CNAME (and MX) though.
>>
>
> Never tried it, so cannot comment :-)

I may, and then I may not.