[Fedora-directory-users] getent?

Paul Fontenot wpfontenot at cox.net
Wed Jan 2 21:21:38 UTC 2008


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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