[Samba] Samba Intermittent Browsing Issue from Windows 2008 R2 box

[Volker Lendecke]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:37:38PM +1300, Hamish McCullough wrote:
> So just to clarify even if I don't have the modules installed on the Linux
> Advanced Server for AD integration and Kerberos authentication, I can still
> configure samba to connect to the domain and authenticate directly that way
> as opposed to sitting in "server" authentication mode?

Sure. Latest AD still supports the RPC-based
"security=domain" mode that does not require Kerberos at
all. However, this assumes SMB signing which is only
properly supported from Samba 3.0 on, so an upgrade is
necessary here. Your W2k8 can be configured not to require
signing, but Samba 2 is so old that I would highly recommend
upgrading anyway.

Volker