[Samba] FW: samba_kcc issue after joining the domain as a DC

[Rowland penny]

On 11/02/2020 16:29, Alex via samba wrote:
> Rowland,
>
> After some debugging, I was able to find the source of this error:
> ERROR(runtime): uncaught exception - (9003, 'WERR_DNS_ERROR_RCODE_NAME_ERROR')
>
> It's  thrown  during the join b/c Samba is trying to find the DNS record for the
> new   DC   (the  Samba)  inside  DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=domain,DC=com  instead  of
> DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=domain,DC=com.
>
> Do you have any ideas why and how to deal with that?

As for the why, it is because that is where it should be:

dn: 
DC=DC4,DC=samdom.example.com,CN=MicrosoftDNS,DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=samdom,DC=example,DC=com
objectClass: top
objectClass: dnsNode

What does 'samba-tool dns zonelist IP_OF_WINDOWS_DC' show ?

Rowland