[Samba] dns.keytab doesn't exist

Johannes Engel
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 07:15:30 -0000

Hi Dan,

have you run

samba_upgradedns --dns-backend=BIND9_DLZ

already? That should create all necessary files. Or depending upon
your Samba version, could you please check for
/var/lib/samba/private/dns.keytab?

May I assume that you are using a packaged build of Samba?

Best regards

Johannes


Am Fr., 11. Dez. 2020 um 07:28 Uhr schrieb Dan Egli via samba <
samba at lists.samba.org>:

> I was reading on the samba wiki about how to use bind9_dlz as the DNS
> backend for an AD Domain, but in the setup instructions for bind given
> in the wiki it says to be sure to include the line tkey-gssapi-keytab
> "/var/lib/samba/bind-dns/dns.keytab"; in my named.conf file, in
the
> options section. That's great, except I don't HAVE a dns.keytab
file
> anywhere on the system. I've looked at the page carefully and nothing
> says where the file comes from. Only that it's in the
> /var/lib/samba/bind-dns directory, but on my system that directory is
> empty. Is this something that bind is going to create or something? I'm
> a bit lost. Any help is appreciated!
>
> In case anyone is wondering, I'm using bind because the system already
> has bind on it to serve internet DNS requests. So rather than try to
> figure out how to let samba maintain it's own internal DNS cache and
> still have the main one, I just figured I'd let bind handle the whole
> thing.
>
> --
> Dan Egli
>  From my Test Server
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