[Samba] samba_dnsupdate
Rowland penny
rpenny at samba.org
Mon Mar 2 13:16:30 UTC 2020
On 02/03/2020 11:51, Paul Littlefield via samba wrote:
> On 02/03/2020 10:49, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
>> Does your DC have a fixed IP and if not, why not ?
>
> Yes, using netplan in Ubuntu 18.04...
>
> network:
> ethernets:
> ens18:
> addresses:
> - 130.130.0.218/16
> gateway4: 130.130.0.1
> nameservers:
> addresses:
> - 130.130.0.218
> - 130.130.0.219
> search:
> - mydomain.com
> optional: true
> version: 2
Samba runs samba_dnsupgrade on a regular basis, using dns_update_list as
a template. Amongst the list of dns entries is this:
AAAA ${HOSTNAME} $IP
>
>
>
> It's just happened AGAIN... the main servers A records have gone and
> replaced by IPv6 ones.
I am unsure why it is doing this, I have never seen this happening, but
then again I do not use IPv6 or netplan.
>
> I'm using the Samba 4 Internal DNS and ISC DHCP Server and have
> 'ddns-update-style none;' in the DHCP server config.
>
> Questions...
>
> 1. How do I turn on Samba 4 AD DC logging for DNS updates?
add 'log level = 4' to the smb.conf on the DC
>
> 2. Can I watch for DNS requests in tcpdump?
I do not see why you couldn't.
>
>
> 3. I have another DC which is replicating fine with this DC and after
> I have REMOVED the AAAA IPv6 entries + ADDED the A records in _either_
> DC it lasts for a while then they get removed again!
Fairly sure this is samba_dnsupgrade doing this, but why is another
question.
Rowland
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