[Samba] clients not connecting to samba shares

[Rowland Penny]

On 02/04/2023 04:54, Gary Dale via samba wrote:

> I could, but that seems like overkill. A complete second (virtually 
> identical) system to administer and update just to hive off the 
> authentication task.
> 

To be honest, I would run two DC's just for authentication and other 
Samba machines as Unix domain members.

However, I cannot force you to do anything, all I can do is advise you 
of best practices, neither Samba or Microsoft recommend using a DC for 
anything other than authentication.

Rowland