[Samba] Exception and error (WERR_DNS_ERROR_RCODE_NAME_ERROR) joining samba 4.15.5 to an existing W2012R2 domain

[Rowland Penny]

On Mon, 2022-02-14 at 22:22 +0100, Arndt Kritzner via samba wrote:
> This exact entry I do not get from AD. These are the entries
> containing "_msdcs" or "forest" from "dsquery *":
> 
> "DC=_ldap._tcp.pdc._msdcs,DC=kk.local,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=kk
> ,DC=local"
> "DC=_ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs,DC=kk.local,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=kk,
> DC=local"
> "DC=_ldap._tcp.Standardname-des-ersten-
> Standorts._sites.gc._msdcs,DC=kk.local,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=k
> k,DC=local"
> "DC=_ldap._tcp.c68ef537-7b7c-47c5-9a36-
> d1b01637ec58.domains._msdcs,DC=kk.local,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=
> kk,DC=local"
> "DC=gc._msdcs,DC=kk.local,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=kk,DC=local"
> "DC=_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs,DC=kk.local,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC
> =kk,DC=local"
> "DC=_kerberos._tcp.Standardname-des-ersten-
> Standorts._sites.dc._msdcs,DC=kk.local,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=k
> k,DC=local"
> "DC=_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs,DC=kk.local,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=kk,
> DC=local"
> "DC=_ldap._tcp.Standardname-des-ersten-
> Standorts._sites.dc._msdcs,DC=kk.local,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=k
> k,DC=local"
> "DC=7b01fdfc-c73a-4050-b4a6-
> ef421dff80e2._msdcs,DC=kk.local,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=kk,DC=lo
> cal"
> "DC=328bb5f1-530e-4dfa-b6c1-
> 90b4358b4425._msdcs,DC=kk.local,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=kk,DC=lo
> cal"
> "DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=kk.kanzlei-
> kritzner,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=kk,DC=kanzlei-kritzner"
> "DC=_ldap._tcp.ForestDnsZones,DC=kk.kanzlei-
> kritzner,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=kk,DC=kanzlei-kritzner"
> "DC=_ldap._tcp.Standardname-des-ersten-
> Standorts._sites.ForestDnsZones,DC=kk.kanzlei-
> kritzner,CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=kk,DC=kanzlei-kritzner"

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news Arndt, but you have the earlier dns
schema (W2k/W2k3), it should have been upgraded when the domain was
upgraded to W2k8 (it doesn't happen automatically). Unless you can
upgrade the dns on the Windows DC, Samba will not join as a DC.

Rowland