[Fedora-directory-users] getent?

Aaron Bliss abliss at brockport.edu
Wed Jan 2 21:11:38 UTC 2008


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
>
>
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