Add ntlm_auth helper mode to 3.0.x now, which should be safe and run on anything that has ntlm_auth. And will be, IMO, nearly as fast as calling libwbclient directly. This should fix the AD auth issues for anyone with FR3. (I'm happy to provide patches as-is for Samba and FR2 for any that want, but they're not going to be merged.)
IMO, that would be the sensible thing to do for a start.
Finish and submit patch to Samba, then add libwbclient mode either later on in 3.0.x or more likely to 3.1.x, due to the timescales of the Samba release.
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