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

[Marco Gaiarin]

Mandi! Rowland Penny via samba
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>>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/PAM_Offline_Authentication
> Don't really understand that, it sounds like it does and it doesn't work 
> for you.

I restate, sorry: i've followed exactly that wiki page, but does not work.


>> A-HA! You are sure you are on Ubuntu 22.04? Ubuntu 22.04 has GDM, not
>> LightDM...
> Yes, Ubuntu 22.04 using MATE, I do not use GDM, my opinion of that could 
> not be published.

;-)


> I have found out how to get winbind to log debug messages, I cannot find 
> out how to obtain the lightdm message, but it appears to start 'Domain 
> Controllers....'. If I log in with the network connected I get a number 
> of lines in auth.log. If I disconnect the network and attempt to login, 
> I get the same lines with one extra in the middle:

Probably it is only kerberos that warn about password expiration date...


> So, if you follow the wiki (when it comes back) and it doesn't work, 
> then it may not be a Samba problem, it may be a GDM problem.

I doubt. Or better, some trouble (eg, the 'power off' menù desappear) surely
is a gnome fault; but i've also tried to switch to console (Ctrl+Alt+FX) and
try a console login obtaining the same result.

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