samba - Apr 2025 - Is password writeback working between MS Entra connect and samba 4 AD?

Hello,

Our AD environment consists of three Samba 4 AD domain controllers, version
"4.21.4-SerNet-RedHat-6.el8" installed on Linux machines "Rocky
Linux release 8.10 (Green Obsidian)".

We've configured the MS Entra Connect synch agent on a Windows Server 2019
computer, and everything is working fine, including synchronizing user password
hashes. However, password rewrite doesn't seem to work. Version of agent : 
Microsoft Entra Connect version is 2.4.129.0.

Moreover, when we try to change the user password in MS365 from
https://passwordreset.microsoftonline.com, we get:

We're sorry! You can't unlock your account because your organization is
currently experiencing connectivity issues.

The logs of the Windows server on which the agent is installed contain logs with
Event ID 31019 with "information" level like following:

TrackingId: 6591d31f-22b6-4e05-96ab-889ecb0267e5, HeartBeat for Namespace:
ssprdedicatedsbprodweu, Endpoint:
fd6c8907-4b39-4643-8c93-2e1c3317314c_e5a40063-ccfb-429f-a646-81059b8ef239,
Details: Version: 5.0.922.0

I followed the troubleshooting steps described on the page
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/authentication/troubleshoot-sspr-writeback,
but without success.

Can password writeback work with Samba4 AD?

Feel free to ask me for more information on this topic if you need it.

Best Regards,
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kamal Chikh Echioukh