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

[Rowland Penny]

On 03/09/15 21:17, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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> 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:
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>>>>>>>>>>>  What are the permissions on /var/lib/samba/private/dns ?
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>>>>>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>> Grumble.
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>>>> It is no good grumbling on here, you could try grumbling at Webmin :-)
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>>>> 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.
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>>> My first item is to add the A and CNAME records for some of the 
>>> statically addressed systems in my home.htt domain.
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>> Try 'samba-tool dns add --help'
>> The first line it prints is this:
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>> Usage: samba-tool dns add <server> <zone> <name> 
>> <A|AAAA|PTR|CNAME|NS|MX|SRV|TXT> <data>
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> What is server?  localhost?
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You can use:
localhost
127.0.0.1
the ip of the samba DC
the short hostname of the DC
the fqdn of the DC


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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.
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>> Never tried it, so cannot comment :-)
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> I may, and then I may not.
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