[Samba] samba bad password count reset between logins (not loaded from login_cache.tdb)

[Rowland Penny]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 09:33:40 -0400
Daryl Anthony Chouinard via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi Denis,
> 
> Thanks for your suggestion
> 
> When I looked into Samba4 AD, I figured it would take too much effort
> to port our infrastructure to it, seemingly without benefits
> 
> We already have a quite extensive network architecture with OpenLDAP
> acting as a LDAP server. Samba4 AD seems to require its own LDAP
> implementation (and some more quirks IIRC). There's also the
> additional DNS configuration necessary.
> 
> Our network fulfills our needs at the moment with a PDC. The
> migration of our Samba user data to LDAP is merely to simplify
> administration. 
> 

I would start looking into the AD upgrade, Microsoft seems to be making
it harder and harder to use Windows with an NT4-style domain. Windows
hasn't supported them for years, so you 'may' wake up one morning and
find your clients will not talk to the PDC/BDC anymore. Better to be
prepared than finding yourself running around like an headless chicken,
when you don't get any support from Microsoft.

Not saying it will happen, but it could.

Rowland