[Samba] Online Backup fails

[Rowland Penny]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:56:32 +0100
"L.P.H. van Belle via samba" <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> > when i dont use localhost its not working:
> > 
> > 
> > phoenix /mnt/backupsamba # samba-tool  domain backup online 
> > --server=$(hostname -s) --targetdir=/mnt/backupsamba/ -U
> > Administrator Failed to connect to ldap URL 'ldap://phoenix' - LDAP
> > client internal error: NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED
> > Failed to connect to 'ldap://phoenix' with backend 'ldap': 
> > LDAP client 
> > internal error: NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED
> > ERROR(ldb): uncaught exception - LDAP client internal error: 
> > NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED
> >    File 
> 
> This tells us much more then wrongly using localhost. 
> 
> Did you kinit Administrator  first before you run the command? 
> 
> 
> What is in /etc/resolv.conf 
> Im expecting something like this. 
> search aixtema.de
> Nameserver IP_OF_DC
> 
> And 
> What is in  /etc/ldap/ldap.conf ? 
> 
> Im expecting something like this. 
> # Company Base.
> BASE    dc=phoenix,dc=aixtema,dc=de
> URI     ldap://phoenix.aixtema.de 
> #URI     ldaps://phoenix.aixtema.de  # if you use ldap ssl. 
> TLS_REQCERT allow
> 
> 
> Any firewall things running? 
> Are you able to telnet to port 389 and/or 636 
> 

There definitely seems to be something wrong with OP's setup, I just
ran the backup command on Ubuntu 18.04 with 4.9.1 and it worked
flawlessly.

Rowland