[Fedora-directory-users] getent?
Satish Chetty
satish at suburbia.org.au
Wed Jan 2 21:44:14 UTC 2008
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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