[Samba] samba_dnsupdate

[Rowland penny]

On 02/03/2020 13:16, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
> 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
>
>
And of course 'samba_dnsupgrade' should have been 'samba_dnsupdate' :-(

Rowland