[Samba] 127.0.0.1: invalid IP address??

Rowland Penny rpenny at samba.org
Tue Nov 1 10:33:03 UTC 2022



On 01/11/2022 10:26, Lorenzo Milesi wrote:
>> 127.0.0.1 is the loop back address for localhost, it is not the
>> ipaddress of the domain, try the search again with the ipaddress of a DC
> 
> I remember I used to query with that address, do you mean I probably misconfigured the domain? ;)
> 

No, some samba-tool queries will work using 127.0.0.1 or localhost 
(mostly dns) but others will not, there you need to use a hostname or 
ipaddress.

Rowland



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