[Samba] User **** in passdb, but getpwnam() fails!

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Tue Aug 19 14:34:45 GMT 2003


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On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Jarabe wrote:

> This is the error I am getting.  I am using an ldap passdb backend.
> I have the attributes in ldap that I need i.e.
> objectClass=sambaSamAccount and the others sambaLmPassword etc. But I
> continually get this message in my logs:
> 
> User **** in passdb, but getpwnam() fails!

You need a UNIX identify for the user.  e.g. using nss_ldap and
the posixAccount objectclass.




cheers, jerry
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