Does Samba / Winbind Active Directory support offline authentication?

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Issue

  • Samba / Winbind AD auth
  • We want to implement the Samba / Winbind (idmap_rid) solution for AD auth.
  • My Question is, does it support offline auth (notebooks)?
  • Is it recommended/supported from RedHat side to use this solution with offline auth?
  • Are there any disadvantages which are not included/documented in Integrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with Active Directory?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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