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
> > >
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