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

[Rowland Penny]

On 29/05/2023 18:31, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
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> On 29/05/2023 14:25, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
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>> On 29/05/2023 13:41, Marco Gaiarin via samba wrote:
>>> Mandi! Kees van Vloten via samba
>>>    In chel di` si favelave...
>>>
>>>> To me it looks identical to this
>>>> https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2021-July/236850.html
>>>
>>> Yes, seems the same...
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>>>
>>>> Unfortunately that thread never came to a solution.
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>>> ;-(
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>>>
>>> Rowland, can you post your config files on detail?
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>> Probably, but first, I will install Ubuntu 22.04 with that god awful 
>> GDM and see if I can get that to work.
>>
>> Rowland
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> 
> Have I said how much I hate Ubuntu before ?
> If not, I HATE UBUNTU !!
> 
> So I installed Ubuntu 22.04 in a VM, now I have a useless ISP router, 
> where some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to cripple the 
> dhcp server on it. This isn't a problem with Debian, but it sure is with 
> Ubuntu 22.04. It took me about 3/4hr googling and configuring before I 
> could update.
> The update took a couple of hours and then when it rebooted, it wouldn't 
> start again.
> I give up with Ubuntu, are you prepared to accept Debian running with a 
> Gnome desktop and GDM ?
> 
> Rowland
> 

So, I installed Debian 11 with Gnome and Samba from backports.
I can now state that winbind offline logon works with gdm3, you even get 
to read the message that tells you that the DC's are offline, which is 
displayed for a short while before it logs you in.

Rowland