I meant to include that in my original description. Samba is definitely listening for the DNS requests. Here it is:
$ netstat -npl | grep 53 | grep LISTEN tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 15799/samba tcp 0 0 192.168.0.13:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 15799/samba Lee On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Rowland Penny <rpe...@f2s.com> wrote: > On 09/01/13 14:32, Lee Allen wrote: > >> I am not able to get the Samba4 internal DNS server to respond to DNS >> requests on the network. >> >> I am running Samba4 4.1.0pre1-GIT-c1fb37d on my CentOS 6.3 system. I >> followed the instructions here: >> https://wiki.samba.org/index.**php/Samba_AD_DC_HOWTO<https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_AD_DC_HOWTO> >> >> I configured Samba4 to use the internal DNS server. My Samba4 server is >> 192.168.0.13. Its full hostname is ubuntu-ad.allenlan.net. The realm is >> ALLENLAN.NET. >> >> The DNS testing section of the document passes: >> >> $host -t SRV _ldap._tcp.allenlan.net. >> _ldap._tcp.allenlan.net has SRV record 0 100 389 >> ubuntu-ad.allenlan.net. >> $host -t SRV _kerberos._udp.allenlan.net. >> _kerberos._udp.allenlan.net has SRV record 0 100 88 >> ubuntu-ad.allenlan.net. >> $host -t A ubuntu-ad.allenlan.net. >> ubuntu-ad.allenlan.net has address 192.168.0.13 >> >> I configured my Windows XP system with a DNS of 192.168.0.13 (Samba4 >> server). >> When I perform the Windows command "nslookup ubuntu-ad.allenlan.net" (or >> any variation of that) it reports: >> DNS request timed out. >> timeout was 2 seconds. >> *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.13: Timed out >> (above 3 messages repeat again) >> Default servers are not available >> Server: UnKnown >> Address: 192.168.0.13 >> >> The Windows system can ping the Samba4 server by IP address. >> >> Any help would be appreciated! More configuration information below. >> >> /etc/resolv.conf: >> domain allenlan.net >> nameserver 192.168.0.13 >> >> /usr/local/samba/etc/smb.conf: >> [global] >> workgroup = ALLENLAN >> realm = ALLENLAN.NET >> netbios name = UBUNTU-AD >> server role = active directory domain controller >> dns forwarder = 192.168.0.1 >> interfaces = 192.168.0.13 127.0.0.1 >> bind interfaces only = yes >> log level = 3 >> server services = smb, rpc, nbt, wrepl, ldap, cldap, kdc, drepl, >> winbind, ntp_signd, kcc, dnsupdate, dns >> >> /etc/hosts: >> 192.168.0.13 ubuntu-ad ubuntu-ad.allenlan.net >> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 >> localhost4.localdomain4 >> ::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 >> localhost6.localdomain6 >> >> $hostname >> ubuntu-ad.allenlan.net >> >> Thank you. >> >> Lee Allen >> > > Hi, What does 'netstat -npl | grep 53 | grep LISTEN' return? > > Rowland > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: > https://lists.samba.org/**mailman/options/samba<https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba> > -- *Lee Allen* email: l...@leecallen.com bus: (716) 773-2729 home: (716) 773-2326 cell: (716) 880-0854 fax: (716) 408-8844 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba