Trouble transferring FSMO roles
Andrea Venturoli via samba <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jul 2026 19:26:32 +0200
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Hello. At a customer's site, there's a Windows 2008 server acting as the only AD DC. Of course I want to get rid of this ASAP. I set up a new Samba 4.23.8 AD DC which has been working for a couple of days. Now I'm trying to transfer FSMO roles and I was able to transfer the first five (SchemaMasterRole, InfrastructureMasterRole, RidAllocationMasterRole, PdcEmulationMasterRole and DomainNamingMasterRole). However, when I try: > samba-tool fsmo transfer --role=forestdns -U administrator or > samba-tool fsmo transfer --role=domaindns -U administrator I get: > ERROR: Failed to add role 'domaindns': LDAP error 53 LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM - <000020AE: SvcErr: DSID-03152965, problem 5003 (WILL_NOT_PERFORM), data 0 >> <> I read on the wiki: > Early versions of samba-tool had a bug that prevented the seizure of the Domain Naming Master role. > If you encounter this problem in your version, add the "--force" parameter as a temporary workaround. > You should upgrade to a supported Samba version as soon as possible. Does this still apply to 4.23, which should be still a "supported" version? Also, before I try this, does this mean I should demote the old DC immediately thereafter? (I'd like to keep it working for a few other days). bye & Thanks av. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba