[Samba] NT4-Style Auth & Roaming Profiles Only?
Dale Schroeder
dale at BriannasSaladDressing.com
Tue Jul 26 17:37:51 UTC 2016
On 07/26/2016 9:31 AM, Jim Seymour wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> Tried a Samba AD. Didn't work out. Please do not suggest. Thanks!
>
> Here's what we have:
>
> Ubuntu Linux 14.04.4 LTS
> Samba 4.3.9-Ubuntu
>
> Using OpenLDAP for authentication
> Using nscd to speed things up
>
> *Not* running winbind
> *Not* running Kerberos
>
> The problem is the company purchased a product that, *despite* the
> vendor being told "We don't have a Windows network. There is no AD,"
> and them assuring us that would not be a problem, they're running into
> deployment trouble.
>
> I *think* having just NT4-style network authentication *may* address
> the issues.
>
> I successfully got my MS-Win 7 Pro lapttop to join the domain. And I
> can actually do a domain login. But it takes a well over a minute to
> complete and I always end-up with a temporary profile.
>
> I can see \\Server\Profiles\username.V2 being created, but it never
> gets any content.
>
> Tried every hint and solution I could find. I'm wondering if the lack
> of winbind might be the problem? I'm wondering if I can solve it with
> sssd?
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
Jim,
This may be your problem: Samba 4.3.9
Upgrading my NT4 domain from 4.2.x to 4.3.x and beyond broke it, and no
combination of configuration parameters could put it back together again.
I wish you better luck.
Dale
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