[rhelv6-list] getent behavior

[Prentice Bisbal]

On 12/06/2010 04:51 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Prentice Bisbal<prentice at ias.edu>  said:
>> I use LDAP for account information. On previous versions of RHEL,
>> 'getent passwd' would dump a list of all accounts, both local and in
>> LDAP. If addtional sources were listed in /etc/nsswitch.conf, it would
>> show them, too, presumably.
>>
>> In RHEL6 (Beta 2), it only shows what's stored in /etc/passwd. If I want
>> to see an account that's in LDAP, I can query a specific account like this:
>
> By default, when network authentication is configured, sssd is used
> (instead of the old pam_ldap/nss_ldap combo), and it has enumeration
> disabled by default.
>
> It is possible to change this in /etc/sssd/sssd.conf.

Thanks. That fixed it. I'm still learning about SSSD, as I'm sure some 
other list members are, too.

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Prentice