[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 09:06 -0600, David Mulder via samba wrote:
> 
> On 11/4/21 9:01 AM, 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 ;)
> > 
> 
> (facepalm) Or maybe it's because I neglected to call the 
> _net_ads_join_dns_updates() command in samba-tool domain join member.
> Let me see what I can do to fix this.

Ah, it seems that you are not directly calling 'net ads join', you are
calling into the 'net ads join' code.

Rowland