[Samba] samba-tool dns zoneoptions --mark-old-records-static

[Rowland Penny]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 16:18:12 +0100
Sam R via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to use this command to convert my old servers dns records
> to static but I'm running into a few problems:
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> The following command does not work :
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> *samba-tool dns zoneoptions
> --mark-old-records-static="2021-03-30"Usage: samba-tool dns
> zoneoptions <server> <zone> [options]*
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> I also try this :
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> *samba-tool dns zoneoptions server1 example.com <http://example.com>
> --mark-old-records-static=2021-03-30ERROR(ldb): uncaught exception -
> LDAP error 32 LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT -  <acl_read: Error retrieving
> instanceType for base. at
> ../../source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/acl_read.c:967> <>  File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/__init__.py", line 186,
> in _run    return self.run(*args, **kwargs)  File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/dns.py", line 546, in
> run self.mark_old_records_static(server, zone,  File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/dns.py", line 586, in
> mark_old_records_static    samdb, nodes = self._get_dns_nodes(server,
> zone_name)  File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/dns.py", line 571, in
> _get_dns_nodes    nodes = samdb.search(base=zone_dn,*
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> has anyone ever successfully executed this command?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Samuel

Is 'server1' one of your DCs and is 'example.com' a valid forward zone ?

Rowland