I know that, and want to fix it if possible. At this point your Samba Domain Controller is ready for connection. Addresses that cannot be translated i. This is the host name cut at the first dot. When called without any , hostname will display the name of the system as returned by the gethostname function.
You can also without commenting. As you can see, the smbclient test lists out both netlogon and sysvol as shares. Therefore avoid using hostname --fqdn, hostname --domain and dnsdomainname. I was curious what is my computer name and fall under which domain group. I obviously would like to use the same name when installing Debian.
Examples hostname Displays the system host name. Thank you all who helped! So now it is working, and I still do not know why it is working now, and why it didn't work before. Once the server has rebooted, you need to remove the current smb. I am renting a server, running Ubuntu 16. Name required Mail will not be published required Website optional You can use these tags: This is a Gravatar-enabled weblog. Older specifications do not permit the underscore, and so their use is not recommended.
If, instead of Domain, you see Workgroup, your computer is not a member of any domain. Your email address will not be published. This option enumerates all configured addresses on all network interfaces. Ready to test and connect You now have everything you need to start testing and connecting to your Samba Domain Controller. Moreover, even when everything is working, my sysctl kernel.
Open a terminal and enter the command: dnsdomainname. If you get output like above then your server is configured with domain name. After just save your config and you are done. For more information, see interfaces 5. For more information about configuring network interfaces using graphical configuration tools, see.
It is used to contain directives which are to have global effect and not to be interface specific. The nisdomainname Command The nsidomainname returns the same result as the ypdomainname and the domainname command. Nslookup has two modes interactive and non-interactive. Note, that this is effective only until the next reboot. The above is after several reboots.
It is unnamed and is represented by a period. Non-interactive mode is used to print just the name and requested information for a host or domain. We will walk you through steps needs to be taken to setup domain name on your Linux server. Note that this works only if the host name can be resolved. Click the Start and Control Panel if you are using the Classic Start menu, Click on Start menu, Settings, and Control Panel.
In the System Properties window, select the Computer Name tab. See the warnings in section , and avoid using this option if at all possible. Contrary to option -i, this option does not depend on name resolution. Therefore avoid using hostname --fqdn, hostname --domain and dnsdomainname. Image: Jack Wallen With the help of Samba, it is possible to set up your Linux server as a Domain Controller.