[Samba] getent passwd and wbinfo -u returns machine names too

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Wed Dec 1 15:30:59 GMT 2004


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Tom wrote:

| I've just got a quick question about my winbind
| implementation.  I'm running 3.0.9 on fedora core 2, using my
| AD for authentication via winbind.
|
| When I run 'getent passwd' or 'wbinfo -u' I get the computer
| names from AD as well as the usernames. (now the usernames are
| lowercased, I think that was a good idea BTW)
|
| But when I run 'getent group' or 'wbinfo -g' all I get is
| the groups from AD (as well as locally).
|
| Is this supposed to happen or have I set it up wrong?

Sounds right to me.  Is the question whether or not the
machine accounts should show up in the user list ?







cheers, jerry
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