CentOS 5.3 getent does not return data from the active directory (ads) I have installed and configured kerberos and samba so that the server can be a member of an existing Active Directory (AD). Correct configuration of kerbos was verified using kinit and klist. The samba configuration was verified by using "smbclient -k -L server". winbind was verified by using "wbinfo -g". The problem seems to be nsswitch accessing winbindd to get group information via the "getent group" command. I added winbind to the /etc/nsswitch.conf file like so: [root at nagios ~]# grep winbind /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: files winbind shadow: files winbind group: files winbind I verified that all dynamic libraries are being accessed correctly by using "strace getent group". Below is the debug output of winbindd when issuing various commands that interact with it. The commands are noted in (parenthesis). (winbindd -i -d 9) 00a0 status: NT_STATUS_OK ("getent group" command issued) accepted socket 17 [17171]: request interface version [17171]: request location of privileged pipe accepted socket 18 [17171]: setgrent [17171]: endgrent ("getent passwd" command issued) accepted socket 17 [17172]: request interface version [17172]: request location of privileged pipe accepted socket 18 [17172]: setpwent [17172]: endpwent (winbindd -i -d 9) 00a0 status: NT_STATUS_OK ("wbinfo -g" command issued) accepted socket 17 [17158]: request interface version [17158]: request location of privileged pipe accepted socket 18 [17158]: list groups get_sam_group_entries: BUILTIN or local domain; enumerating local groups as well Attempting to register passdb backend ldapsam Successfully added passdb backend 'ldapsam' Attempting to register passdb backend ldapsam_compat Successfully added passdb backend 'ldapsam_compat' Attempting to register passdb backend NDS_ldapsam Successfully added passdb backend 'NDS_ldapsam' Attempting to register passdb backend NDS_ldapsam_compat Successfully added passdb backend 'NDS_ldapsam_compat' Attempting to register passdb backend smbpasswd Successfully added passdb backend 'smbpasswd' Attempting to register passdb backend tdbsam Successfully added passdb backend 'tdbsam' Attempting to find an passdb backend to match tdbsam (tdbsam) Found pdb backend tdbsam pdb backend tdbsam has a valid init get_sam_group_entries: Returned 2 local groups get_sam_group_entries: BUILTIN or local domain; enumerating local groups as well get_sam_group_entries: Returned 0 local groups get_cache: Setting ADS methods for domain COMPANY ads: enum_dom_groups NOTES: [root at nagios ~]# uname -a Linux nagios.hq.company.local 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 09:53:14 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root at nagios ~]# rpm -qa samba krb* nss* nss_db-2.2-35.3 nss_db-2.2-35.3 krb5-libs-1.6.1-31.el5 nss-tools-3.12.2.0-4.el5.centos nss_ldap-253-17.el5 krb5-libs-1.6.1-31.el5 samba-3.0.33-3.7.el5 krb5-auth-dialog-0.7-1 nss-3.12.2.0-4.el5.centos nss-3.12.2.0-4.el5.centos nss_ldap-253-17.el5 krb5-workstation-1.6.1-31.el5