[Samba] macOS Ventura Connection failed

[Perttu Aaltonen]

Hi Thaddeus,

Make sure “Limit IP Address Tracking” isn’t enabled for the network interface. Apple now seems to enable this without much prompts from the user and it causes many issues with client-server applications.

-Perttu

> On 20. Apr 2023, at 16.32, Thaddeus Waldner via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
> Yes, the DNS names are placeholders
> 
> I resolved this by manually specifying  the DNS server address on the Mac machines.
> 
> I use DHCP to specify DNS server on the network. For some reason MacOS 13 doesn’t respect DNS server address from DHCP server.
> 
> 
> On Apr 19, 2023, at 11:19 AM, Thaddeus Waldner <thadwald at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have several OSX Ventura 13.3.1 machines that I need to connect to a Samba Active Directory. After entering the Samba credentials in the Mac Directory Utility, I get the following error:
> 
> Authentication server could not be contacted.
> 
> Other machines can successfully connect, including windows 7,8,10,11, as well as older versions of macOS
> 
> I can successfully run the following DNS verification from the Mac terminal:
> 
> host -t SRV _ldap._tcp.samdom.example.com.
> host -t SRV _kerberos._udp.samdom.example.com.
> host -t A dc1.samdom.example.com.
> 
> 
> Server information:
> OS Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
> Samba Version 4.15.13-Ubuntu
> 
> 
> Smb.conf:
> 
> # Global parameters
> [global]
> dns forwarder = 8.8.8.8
> 
> realm = SAMDOM.EXAMPLE.COM
> server role = active directory domain controller
> workgroup = SAMDOM
> idmap_ldb:use rfc2307 = yes
> 
> template shell = /bin/bash
> template homedir = /home/%U
> log level = 3
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> 
> bind interfaces only = yes
> interfaces = lo ens160
> 
> 
> [sysvol]
> path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol
> read only = No
> 
> [netlogon]
> path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol/samdom.example.com/scripts
> read only = No
> 
> 
> 
> Please advise,
> 
> Thaddeus Waldner
> 
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