[Samba] winbind, getent fails

[daniel.jarboe at custserv.com]

> I am having a problem that seems to have plagued quite
> a few people on the list,
> yet I have been unable to resolve the issue by making
> any of the suggested changes.

What "suggested changes" have you tried?  Without more info, the
responses are likely to only suggest the same things.

> I am trying to get winbind to work, and have been able
> to get wbinfo -u and wbinfo -g
> to list the users and groups from the NT domain.
> wbinfo -t returns secret is good.
>
> I have shut down the nscd, but this has not helped. I
> am running SuSE Linux Enterprise
> Server 7 with  Samba version 2.2.8a.
> 
> I would appreciate any help anyone can provide on this
> issue.

Well, apart from the nscd thing, was adding "winbind" to the passwd
and group lines in /etc/nsswitch.conf suggested?  Was making sure you
did not change the default "winbind enum users = yes" and "winbind
enum groups = yes" settings in smb.conf suggested?  If none of those
worked, depending on how your samba was built/installed, you may also
need something like a "ln -s /lib/libnss_winbind.so
/lib/libnss_winbind.so.2" (use the correct paths for your install).

> Are there any special settings for password or shadow
> files ? A known smb.conf configuration
> that should work ?

Nothing needed in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow.  The commonly suggested
smb.conf's work well.

> Also, do I need to start smbd or just nmbd?

For winbind functionality alone, you don't need to run either one.

Good luck,
~ Daniel












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