[Samba] Samba guide Ch5: cannot resolve user id

[John H Terpstra]

On Monday 28 November 2005 21:22, Olivier Thibaut wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am following Ch5 of the Samba Guide and so far it has been working
> pretty good till that point:
> *
>
> > *Procedure 5.8. LDAP Directory Initialization Steps
> > *
> >
> > 12. This step will determine whether or not identity resolution is
> > working correctly. Do not procede is this step fails, rather find the
> > cause of the failure. The *id* command may be used to validate your
> >
> > configuration so far, as shown here:
> >|root# | id chrisr
> >
> >uid=1002(chrisr) gid=513(Domain Users) groups=513(Domain Users)
>
> *I can see the user I added as a result of step 11 but at step 12 I get
> a No Such User error.
> Sorry if this is obvious to some of you, I have to say I have absolutely
> no experience of this kind of setup :-(
> What can I check to find the cause of the failure ?
>
> Many thanks for your help !

Follow section 5.1.3.7 to find the cause of it not working.

Your version of nss_ldap may be too old. Also check that nscd is NOT running.

- John T.