If winbind is unable to communicate with any domain controller, the
`pam_winbind.so` module will time out. In _auth_ and _account_ context,
this was not an issue, at least for local users, because other modules
terminated the stack before `pam_winbind.so` was called. In _session_
context, though, nothing terminated the stack at all, so
`pam_winbind.so` was called unconditionally. This prevented even _root_
from logging in on the console. This made troubleshooting difficult,
especially for the VM hosts, when the domain controllers were down.
The *authconfig* package has been gone from Fedora since ages. There's
no reason to have this no-op step any more, especially since it has the
side-effect of making a network request to refresh the dnf cache.
The *system-auth* role deploys PAM configuration for system-wide user
authentication. It is specifically focused on Active Directory
authentication using Samba/Winbind.
Dustin