[Samba] 'getent passwd' shows duplicate user accounts

[David Collins]

Thanks for the advice, Andre.
Yes, the lines do say 'files ldap'.  I will leave it as is.


On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 08:52 +0200, André Welter wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> David Collins schrieb:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am setting up an LDAP Samba server, and have migrated all the local
> > posix account info into it as well as creating the smb account info.
> >
> > I have now set up this server to use LDAP for authentication (rather
> > than /etc/passwd, etc.) like so ...
> > sudo apt-get --yes install ldap-auth-client
> > sudo auth-client-config -a -p lac_ldap
> >
> > When testing the result with 'getent passwd', I see all the LDAP user
> > accounts, but it seems the info in /etc/passwd file is also reported.
> >
> > Is this normal?
> >   
> 
> Have a look at your /etc/nsswitch.conf. If it contains something like this:
> passwd:         files ldap
> group:          files ldap
> shadow:         files ldap
> 
> (while 'files' could also read 'compat') it is indeed normal and
> normally it should be left this way so you have authentication during
> system startup before ldap becomes available.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Andr
> 
> 
> 
>