[Fedora-directory-users] getent?

Paul Fontenot wpfontenot at cox.net
Wed Jan 2 22:06:58 UTC 2008


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
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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