On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:03 PM, JohnS <jses27 at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 15:33 -0500, Jason Ellison wrote: >> 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 > --- > Try "hosts: files dns wins" > "hosts: files winbind" > You realy don't say if your authenticating what and where @. But I do > know you did not list "the hosts:" line in nsswitch. One of those should > do it. getent group_name will never work with out changing it. JohnS, getent is used to get entries from the administrative databases, not particular items. it is my understanding that "getent group_name" would never work. i feel really in the dark here, could you please explain how getent works on your system? is yours modified? -Jason Ellison > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >