[Samba] Samba max protocol for windows 10

[Rowland Penny]

On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:58:41 +1300
Andrew Bartlett via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 2017-11-27 at 15:32 +0100, Reindl Harald via samba wrote:
> > 
> > Am 27.11.2017 um 15:13 schrieb Maxence SARTIAUX via samba:
> > > One of our customer has a Samba 3 domain and they have troubles
> > > when they try to join a Windows 10 computer, i'm pretty sure it's
> > > because we need to set server max protocol = NT1 on the domain
> > > configuration like the wiki says.
> > > 
> > > But i'm wondering, what about other workstations ? There's no bad
> > > behavior limiting the maximum protocol to the current joined
> > > workstations (windows xp / 7 / 8 & some linux servers) ?
> > 
> > just performance - NT1 is the lowest common version
> > 
> > i find it really pervert that you need for the newest windows limit
> > your config to the oldest protocol
> 
> The point is more that the NT4 domain support remains in Windows only
> by the thinist of margins.  If you have a Samba 3.x domain or a Samba
> 4.x install running in the 'classic' or NT4-like mode, upgrade it to
> AD with urgency before something forces it broken!
> 
> (This could very well include security updates, as noticed with a
> password change patch recently!)
> 
> Andrew Bartlett
> 

Hi Andrew,
I think you understand what I have been saying for some time now,
upgrade from an NT4-style to AD before it is too late.

However, are you ready yet to admit that Samba should mark NT domains
as deprecated ?

Rowland