[Samba] LDAP logins failing after installing Samba 4.4.5

[Bart Coninckx]

>> AD does not allow simple binds, It might help if you told us just
>> what
>> mailserver you are using.

>To be clear, AD does allow simple binds.  We restrict them in Samba per
>the "ldap server require strong auth" parameter. 

>Thanks,

>Andrew Bartlett
 
Hi,

 
This was exactly what the mailserver people suggested and it worked beautifully. 

Since the connection is local, encryption, though better, can be done without. I was thinking that simple bind activation needed to be done with a GPO, but a parameter in smb.conf makes of course more sense.

 
BC