Thanks Satish, I have added all this (including the shadowAccount attribute). getent passwd / shadow work correctly but group still does not. I'm off to find documentation... Thanks, -Paul On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 16:44 -0500, Satish Chetty wrote: > Paul, > Go to the group entry. Right click and select 'Advanced properties'. > Click on objectclass and click 'Add Value'. It should like all > objectclasses you can add. > > -Satish. > > Paul Fontenot wrote: > > I'm *assuming* you mean somewhere other than here (in the attached png > > file). When I go to create the group and attempt to add the posixgroup > > object class I do not see that option anywhere - lots of other things > > though. I will go back to hunting the information on the fedora site as > > well. > > > > Thanks for the help, > > > > -Paul > > > > On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 16:27 -0500, Aaron Bliss wrote: > >> Paul, > >> You have to create a group in ldap, then add the posixgroup object > >> class. If you do this thru the admin console, you will then see a > >> text box appear called gidnumber. In that box enter whatever gid you > >> wish to use. > >> > >> Aaron > >> > >> Paul Fontenot wrote: > >>> Thanks Aaron, > >>> > >>> That's what has me stumped, the GID is there (that's the 500). I guess > >>> what has me confused is I can't figure out how to tie that number to a > >>> group and have it show in the getent group query. > >>> > >>> -Paul > >>> > >>> On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 16:11 -0500, Aaron Bliss wrote: > >>> > >>>> Paul, > >>>> You probably need to assign a gidnumber (posixgroup attribute) to your > >>>> primary ldap group. I've noticed that linux boxes only recognize group > >>>> memberships for groups that have gid's. > >>>> > >>>> Aaron > >>>> > >>>> Paul Fontenot wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> I've searched hi and low and found a couple references to the problem I > >>>>> have but no solutions. > >>>>> > >>>>> If I issue 'getent passwd' I can see all the ldap users, if I issue a > >>>>> getent group I cannot see any of the ldap groups. When I log into one of > >>>>> my linux boxes I get 'id: cannot find name for group ID 500' (500 is an > >>>>> ldap group). > >>>>> > >>>>> What would cause this issue? I've been beating my head against it for a > >>>>> couple days and decided to turn to the experts. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> > >>>>> Paul > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Fedora-directory-users mailing list > >>>>> Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > >>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> -- > >>> Fedora-directory-users mailing list > >>> Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > >>> > >> -- > >> Aaron Bliss > >> Systems Administrator > >> SUNY Brockport > >> (585) 395-2417 > >> -- > >> Fedora-directory-users mailing list > >> Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> -- > >> Fedora-directory-users mailing list > >> Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users