[Samba] change IP of AD DC

Christian chanlists at googlemail.com
Thu Oct 25 20:24:07 UTC 2018


On 25.10.2018 17:11, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:00:19 +0200
> Christian via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 25.10.2018 15:41, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
>>> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:31:44 +0200
>>> Christian via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear list,
>>>>
>>>> I had to change the name of the AD DC on a test setup (only one
>>>> DC). What changes do I have to apply for samba? This is using
>>>> bind9_DLZ. Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Christian
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you are talking a test Samba AD DC, then the easiest thing to do
>>> is to provision again, if something else, please provide more info.
>>>
>>> Rowland
>>
>> OK, then let's say it is not a test setup. How do I proceed? I assume
>> there are some of the SRV records to change etc... Thanks,
>>
>> Christian
>>
> 
> Whilst 4.9.0 came with the new rename tool, it isn't fully working and
> isn't recommended for use on production.
> 
> If you really need to change a DC's name, then you need to setup a new
> computer with the required name, join this to the domain and then
> demote and remove the original DC. To put it another way, you cannot
> change a DC's name etc (yet).
> 
> Rowland

Oh, I realize I made a mistake in the text of the message, while the
subject is correct. Apologies. I do not need to change the name, but the
IP address of the only DC. Sorry for the noise,

Christian




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