[Samba] Using samba-tool to join a linux file server to the domain doesn't appear to work

[Rowland Penny]

On Thu, 2021-11-04 at 10:05 -0500, Patrick Goetz via samba wrote:
> 
> On 11/4/21 10:01, David Mulder via samba wrote:
> > 
> > On 11/4/21 8:59 AM, Patrick Goetz via samba wrote:
> > > Interesting.  Then I'm really confused as to why when I use
> > > 
> > >     samba-tool domain join $domain MEMBER -U administrator
> > > 
> > > The DNS A entry for the machine isn't created, but when I use
> > > 
> > >     net ads join -U administrator
> > > 
> > > it is. (same domain, same host joining)
> > > 
> > 
> > Well, you have to be using samba-tool domain join member in 4.15+.
> > The 
> > samba-tool command is completely broken before that release ;)
> > 
> 
> I'm using 4.15.1
> 
> See my email earlier today demonstrating the issue, which I observed 
> yesterday but couldn't test again then because I didn't know about 
> `samba-tool dns` which, btw, works great (good design!) save for the 
> unexplained "options" thing and the inexplicable data requirement
> for 
> deleting a record.

They are documented and are not inexplicable, I pointed you at how to
get to the samba-tool help.

Rowland