[Samba] GPO issues - getting SYSVOL cleaned up again

[Rowland penny]

On 31/07/2019 12:04, Stefan G. Weichinger via samba wrote:
> Am 31.07.19 um 12:50 schrieb Rowland penny via samba:
>> On 31/07/2019 11:40, Stefan G. Weichinger via samba wrote:
>>> Am 31.07.19 um 12:32 schrieb Rowland penny via samba:
>>>> On 31/07/2019 11:22, Stefan G. Weichinger via samba wrote:
>>>>> "dc" was the old name a few years ago
>>>>>
>>>>> I try to get rid of that now.
>>>>>
>>>>> host -t A dc... not found. We want that in the end.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Ah, my mistake. The samba_dnsupdate script uses a file 'dns_update_list
>>>> to check for records and create any missing ones, this uses
>>>> '${HOSTNAME}', so it looks like somewhere 'dc' still exists.
>>> definitely, see the rgrep ;-)
>>>
>> Rename the cache file '/var/lib/samba/private/dns_update_cache', stop
>> then restart Samba, this should cause the cache to be recreated,
>> hopefully without 'dc' ;-)
> And I think, the rename in "SITES" has to be done first? I haven't yet
> done that to not make a mistake.
>
>
Let me get this out of my system first: Renaming anything in AD is, in 
my opinion, a stupid idea (except for workstations).

Having said that, if you rename a DC, you have to change it everywhere 
(now do you see why I think it is a stupid idea)

Rowland