password server = * is broken
Richard Sharpe
rsharpe at ns.aus.com
Tue Apr 9 09:49:01 GMT 2002
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Gerald Carter wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Andrew Esh wrote:
>
> > What happened to "CENTRAL+AndrewE"? Why does this code near line 919 fail? :
> >
> >
> > if (sys_getpwnam(dom_user) != NULL) {
> > pstrcpy(user, dom_user);
> > DEBUG(3,("Using unix username %s\n", dom_user));
> > }
> >
> >
> > If this a code ordering problem? Is it trying to look up the user before
> > it has a domain controller located?
> >
> > I'll keep digging, but if this one looks familiar, save me the time,
> > please.
>
> What branch? Did you update the libnss_winbind.so library when you
> compiiled the new winbindd? This can cause no end of problems (voice
> of experience here). Can wbinfo match the name? What about getent passwd
> <user>?
>
> I'm using a fairly recent (maybe a week old) snapshot of SAMBA_2_2 as a
> domain member (with password server = *) and I've not noticed any
> problems.
I am using a slightly older snapshot of 2.2.3 (2.2.3pre) and it also works
with password server = *.
Regards
-----
Richard Sharpe, rsharpe at ns.aus.com, rsharpe at samba.org,
sharpe at ethereal.com
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