I have a Samba managed Windows domain with 3 Domain Controllers: dc1, dc2 and dc-dc. All three PDC runs on Samba version 4.6.7-Ubuntu on Ubuntu Xenial. The problem: the Domain Controller dc-dc is not correctly replicated: =======================================================================root at dc2:/# samba-tool drs showrepl ldb_wrap open of secrets.ldb GENSEC backend 'gssapi_spnego' registered GENSEC backend 'gssapi_krb5' registered GENSEC backend 'gssapi_krb5_sasl' registered GENSEC backend 'spnego' registered GENSEC backend 'schannel' registered GENSEC backend 'naclrpc_as_system' registered GENSEC backend 'sasl-EXTERNAL' registered GENSEC backend 'ntlmssp' registered GENSEC backend 'ntlmssp_resume_ccache' registered GENSEC backend 'http_basic' registered GENSEC backend 'http_ntlm' registered GENSEC backend 'krb5' registered GENSEC backend 'fake_gssapi_krb5' registered Using binding ncacn_ip_tcp:dc2.my.domain.name[,seal] resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name dc2.my.domain.name<0x20> resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name dc2.my.domain.name<0x20> resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name dc2.my.domain.name<0x20> my\DC2 DSA Options: 0x00000001 DSA object GUID: 009ad456-64de-43a9-a321-dbdbb25fa21b DSA invocationId: 543d6793-d128-49fb-97bf-01bda21e1634 ==== INBOUND NEIGHBORS === DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC1 via RPC DSA object GUID: 419f9e5a-dc5d-4d03-9f8c-518b5d977b5c Last attempt @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:21 2019 CEST was successful 0 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:21 2019 CEST DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC-DC via RPC DSA object GUID: c5c6f4b2-d65b-441d-a23d-42bbe3827e1d Last attempt @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:21 2019 CEST failed, result 2 (WERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) 5159 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ NTTIME(0) DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC1 via RPC DSA object GUID: 419f9e5a-dc5d-4d03-9f8c-518b5d977b5c Last attempt @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:20 2019 CEST was successful 0 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:20 2019 CEST DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC-DC via RPC DSA object GUID: c5c6f4b2-d65b-441d-a23d-42bbe3827e1d Last attempt @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:20 2019 CEST failed, result 2 (WERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) 5159 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ NTTIME(0) DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC1 via RPC DSA object GUID: 419f9e5a-dc5d-4d03-9f8c-518b5d977b5c Last attempt @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:20 2019 CEST was successful 0 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:20 2019 CEST DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC-DC via RPC DSA object GUID: c5c6f4b2-d65b-441d-a23d-42bbe3827e1d Last attempt @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:20 2019 CEST failed, result 2 (WERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) 5159 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ NTTIME(0) CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC1 via RPC DSA object GUID: 419f9e5a-dc5d-4d03-9f8c-518b5d977b5c Last attempt @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:21 2019 CEST was successful 0 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:21 2019 CEST CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC-DC via RPC DSA object GUID: c5c6f4b2-d65b-441d-a23d-42bbe3827e1d Last attempt @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:21 2019 CEST failed, result 2 (WERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) 5159 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ NTTIME(0) CN=Configuration,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC1 via RPC DSA object GUID: 419f9e5a-dc5d-4d03-9f8c-518b5d977b5c Last attempt @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:21 2019 CEST was successful 0 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:21 2019 CEST CN=Configuration,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC-DC via RPC DSA object GUID: c5c6f4b2-d65b-441d-a23d-42bbe3827e1d Last attempt @ Tue Jul 2 17:49:21 2019 CEST failed, result 2 (WERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) 5159 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ NTTIME(0) ==== OUTBOUND NEIGHBORS === DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC1 via RPC DSA object GUID: 419f9e5a-dc5d-4d03-9f8c-518b5d977b5c Last attempt @ NTTIME(0) was successful 0 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ NTTIME(0) DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC1 via RPC DSA object GUID: 419f9e5a-dc5d-4d03-9f8c-518b5d977b5c Last attempt @ NTTIME(0) was successful 0 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ NTTIME(0) DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC1 via RPC DSA object GUID: 419f9e5a-dc5d-4d03-9f8c-518b5d977b5c Last attempt @ NTTIME(0) was successful 0 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ NTTIME(0) CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC1 via RPC DSA object GUID: 419f9e5a-dc5d-4d03-9f8c-518b5d977b5c Last attempt @ NTTIME(0) was successful 0 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ NTTIME(0) CN=Configuration,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name my\DC1 via RPC DSA object GUID: 419f9e5a-dc5d-4d03-9f8c-518b5d977b5c Last attempt @ NTTIME(0) was successful 0 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ NTTIME(0) ==== KCC CONNECTION OBJECTS === Connection -- Connection name: 1ef10071-1020-4260-ba81-568c8995677f Enabled : TRUE Server DNS name : dc1.my.domain.name Server DN name : CN=NTDS Settings,CN=DC1,CN=Servers,CN=my,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name TransportType: RPC options: 0x00000001 Warning: No NC replicated for Connection! Connection -- Connection name: 2e133802-9f86-4d1a-8917-b26511f640fe Enabled : TRUE Server DNS name : dc-dc.my.domain.name Server DN name : CN=NTDS Settings,CN=DC-DC,CN=Servers,CN=my,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name TransportType: RPC options: 0x00000001 Warning: No NC replicated for Connection! ======================================================================= If I try to manually replicate dc-dc it works from dc1: =======================================================================root at dc-dc:/# samba-tool drs replicate dc-dc.my.domain.name dc1.my.domain.name DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name --full-sync ldb_wrap open of secrets.ldb GENSEC backend 'gssapi_spnego' registered GENSEC backend 'gssapi_krb5' registered GENSEC backend 'gssapi_krb5_sasl' registered GENSEC backend 'spnego' registered GENSEC backend 'schannel' registered GENSEC backend 'naclrpc_as_system' registered GENSEC backend 'sasl-EXTERNAL' registered GENSEC backend 'ntlmssp' registered GENSEC backend 'ntlmssp_resume_ccache' registered GENSEC backend 'http_basic' registered GENSEC backend 'http_ntlm' registered GENSEC backend 'krb5' registered GENSEC backend 'fake_gssapi_krb5' registered Using binding ncacn_ip_tcp:dc-dc.my.domain.name[,seal] [...] Replicate from dc1.my.domain.name to dc-dc.my.domain.name was successful. ======================================================================= but not from dc2: =======================================================================root at dc-dc:/# samba-tool drs replicate dc-dc.my.domain.name dc2.my.domain.name DC=my,DC=domain,DC=name --full-sync ldb_wrap open of secrets.ldb GENSEC backend 'gssapi_spnego' registered GENSEC backend 'gssapi_krb5' registered GENSEC backend 'gssapi_krb5_sasl' registered GENSEC backend 'spnego' registered GENSEC backend 'schannel' registered GENSEC backend 'naclrpc_as_system' registered GENSEC backend 'sasl-EXTERNAL' registered GENSEC backend 'ntlmssp' registered GENSEC backend 'ntlmssp_resume_ccache' registered GENSEC backend 'http_basic' registered GENSEC backend 'http_ntlm' registered GENSEC backend 'krb5' registered GENSEC backend 'fake_gssapi_krb5' registered Using binding ncacn_ip_tcp:dc-dc.my.domain.name[,seal] resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name dc-dc.my.domain.name <0x20> resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name dc-dc.my.domain.name <0x20> Server ldap/DC-DC.my.domain.name at MY.DOMAIN.NAME is not registered with our KDC: Miscellaneous failure (see text): Server (ldap/ DC-DC.my.domain.name at MY.DOMAIN.NAME) unknown SPNEGO(gssapi_krb5) creating NEG_TOKEN_INIT for ldap/DC-DC.my.domain.name failed (next[ntlmssp]): NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER Got challenge flags: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x62898235 NTLMSSP: Set final flags: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x62088235 NTLMSSP Sign/Seal - Initialising with flags: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x62088235 NTLMSSP Sign/Seal - Initialising with flags: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x62088235 resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name dc-dc.my.domain.name <0x20> Server ldap/dc-dc.my.domain.name at MY.DOMAIN.NAME is not registered with our KDC: Miscellaneous failure (see text): Server (ldap/ dc-dc.my.domain.name at MY.DOMAIN.NAME) unknown SPNEGO(gssapi_krb5) creating NEG_TOKEN_INIT for ldap/dc-dc.my.domain.name failed (next[ntlmssp]): NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER Got challenge flags: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x62898235 NTLMSSP: Set final flags: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x62088235 NTLMSSP Sign/Seal - Initialising with flags: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x62088235 NTLMSSP Sign/Seal - Initialising with flags: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x62088235 ERROR(<class 'samba.drs_utils.drsException'>): DsReplicaSync failed - drsException: DsReplicaSync failed (8453, 'WERR_DS_DRA_ACCESS_DENIED') File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/drs.py", line 368, in run drs_utils.sendDsReplicaSync(server_bind, server_bind_handle, source_dsa_guid, NC, req_options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/drs_utils.py", line 83, in sendDsReplicaSync raise drsException("DsReplicaSync failed %s" % estr) ======================================================================= Could you help me please? Thanks!