[Samba] getent not returning users/groups

Rowland Penny rpenny at samba.org
Fri Feb 25 21:47:26 UTC 2022


On Fri, 2022-02-25 at 13:34 -0800, Gregory Sloop wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2022-02-25 at 11:28 -0800, Gregory Sloop via samba wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2022-02-25 at 08:20 -0800, Gregory Sloop wrote:
> > > > > Oh, I see Louis also has those in the repo. Since I'm using
> > > > > his
> > > > > Samba, might as well use his libnss too.
> > > > You have to use them from the same repo (or to be precise, the
> > > > same
> > > > version).
> > > > >  
> > > > > Now to check and see if I did fail to install the library.
> > > > > (But
> > > > > if I
> > > > > were a betting man, that's what I'd bet on.)  
> > > > If they are not there, or are the wrong version, getent will
> > > > not
> > > > work.
> > > > Rowland
> > >  
> > > So, here are the packages I installed as part of the Samba
> > > install
> > > 
> > > apt install samba winbind libnss-winbind libpam-winbind ntp krb5-
> > > user 
> > > binutils ldb-tools smbclient libpam-krb5 
> > >  
> > > Am I missing anything that would impact this issue?
> > No.
> > You installed the packages.
> > Configured ntp to use the DC's as time servers (time is within 5
> > minutes of the DC)
> 
>  
> I had them going to the same ntp servers (ntp pool) as the DC's. But
> just to be sure, I've moved them to use the DC's. 
> (That's probably better, though both should work ok - since they'll
> all be synced to the same time, or close enough.)
>  
> > Checked /etc/krb5.conf to see that it is using the dns domain as
> > the
> > realm (in uppercase)
> 
> Yup.
>  
> > Configured /etc/samba/smb.conf
> 
> Yup, I posted it.
> > Joined the domain (what does 'sudo net ads testjoin' show ?).
> 
> Join OK
>  
> > wbinfo works, but getent doesn't
> 
> Yup
>  
> > Is all that correct ?
> 
> Pretty much.
>  
> > Rowland

Then I am lost here.

I will setup Ubuntu 20.04 in a VM (this will have to be tomorrow) and
see what happens.

Rowland





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