[Samba] Why is Samba4 not recommended as a file server?

[Rowland penny]

On 28/07/16 16:14, Data Control Systems - Mike Elkevizth wrote:
> Just to throw in my two cents, I too would love to see winbind on a DC 
> "act" the same as it does on a non-DC.  I use my DCs as file servers, 
> but have had to use a number of workarounds because of how winbind 
> acts differently on a DC. I've not only had trouble with the 
> idmappings, but the fact that it doesn't honor all of the rfc2307 
> attributes.  For instance, I have a couple of users that use a file 
> synchronization script to keep files between the server and their 
> laptops in sync.  This script requires them to logon to the file 
> server (which is also a DC).  Because winbind on the DC doesn't honor 
> my rfc2307 shell settings, I have to revert to using the "template 
> shell =" setting in smb.conf which means now that all of my users can 
> logon to the DC even if I don't want them to all have access to that.  
> I really don't understand why they don't act the same.?
>
>

There is a bug report about this: 
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10886

Rowland