[Samba] samba-tool computer delete does not work

[Douglas Bagnall]

On 19/11/24 02:40, Heinz Hölzl via samba wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I have to delete about 6000 old machine accounts.
> 
> samba-tool computer delete RESERVE23 does not end.

What this command does is delete the record itself, then tries to delete 
related DNS records.

I think what is happening is the initial delete is working, but DNS is 
not, and samba-tool is left waiting for a response.

To verify this theory:
1. check the account has a dNSHostName attribute
2. look up that adress with `dig` or something.

If it hangs, then DNS is not working.

> when I interrupt it with CRTL + C, the PC is deleted.
> deleting the computer accounts with RSAT works.
> 
> can i also delete the computer accounts with ldapdelete?

Probably. The DNS records will not be cleaned up, but they weren't being 
anyway with samba-tool hanging.

Douglas