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

[Tom]

"Gerald (Jerry) Carter" <jerry at samba.org> wrote in message 
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> Tom wrote:
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> | 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.
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> | 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?
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> Sounds right to me.  Is the question whether or not the
> machine accounts should show up in the user list ?
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> cheers, jerry

Hi Jerry, yes the question is whether or not the machine accounts should 
show up in the user list.

They do show up, the reason I ask is because the only the groups show up 
when viewing the groups.