Re: [nssldap] RV: Unix id command and Openldap

[Steve Thompson <smt [at] vgersoft.com>]

On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Patrick Wolfe wrote:

> I have one SLES 10 SP2 VM configured with ldap authentication, and the "id" 
> command works just fine.  My /etc/nsswitch.conf "passwd" and "group" lines 
> are set to "compat", not "files ldap".

If you are using "compat", then the "+:..." lines in /etc/passwd and 
/etc/group are appropriate (they are what signal the lookup in LDAP for 
the compat method). If you're using "files ldap" then you don't need the 
"+..." lines.

For the OP, what do "getent passwd" and "getent group" return?

Steve
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