[Samba] NT4-Style Auth & Roaming Profiles Only?

[Jim Seymour]

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
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