[Samba] PAM Offline Authentication in Ubuntu 22.04...

[Rowland Penny]

On 19/05/2023 12:02, Marco Gaiarin via samba wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to enable offline auth in a Ubuntu 22.04 box, following:
> 
> 	https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/PAM_Offline_Authentication
> 
> using standard ubuntu samba package (4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1).
> I've enabled workaround 'lock directory = /var/cache/samba'.

I would undo that, it appears to be wrong.

> 
> 
> Still does not work, and behave very badly with no conectivity or bad
> connectivity (wireless): sometime the 'reboot/poweroff' menu option
> desappear, open a terminal took minutes...
> 
> 
> Seems to me an NSS trouble; my NSS conf is simple:
> 
>   root at dane:~# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
>   # /etc/nsswitch.conf
>   #
>   # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
>   # If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try:
>   # `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.
>   
>   passwd:         compat winbind
>   group:          compat winbind
>   [...]
> 
> 
> What i'm missing?! Thanks.
> 

I have tested this on a Ubuntu 22.04 computer and it works, so I have 
updated the wiki page:

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/PAM_Offline_Authentication

Rowland