On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:03 PM, JohnS <jses27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 15:33 -0500, Jason Ellison wrote:
>> CentOS 5.3 getent does not return data from the active directory (ads)
>>
>> I have installed and configured kerberos and samba so that the
>> server can be a member of an existing Active Directory (AD). Correct
>> configuration of kerbos was verified using kinit and klist. The samba
>> configuration was verified by using "smbclient -k -L server". winbind
>> was verified by using "wbinfo -g". The problem seems to be nsswitch
>> accessing winbindd to get group information via the "getent group"
>> command. I added winbind to the /etc/nsswitch.conf file like so:
>>
>> [root@nagios ~]# grep winbind /etc/nsswitch.conf
>> passwd: files winbind
>> shadow: files winbind
>> group: files winbind
> ---
> Try "hosts: files dns wins"
> "hosts: files winbind"
> You realy don't say if your authenticating what and where @. But I do
> know you did not list "the hosts:" line in nsswitch. One of those should
> do it. getent group_name will never work with out changing it.
JohnS,
getent is used to get entries from the administrative databases, not
particular items. it is my understanding that "getent group_name"
would never work. i feel really in the dark here, could you please
explain how getent works on your system? is yours modified?
-Jason Ellison
>
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>
_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
