Hi thanks for your reply. yes i think so : i have the following in /etc/nsswitch.conf
passwd: files ldap shadow: files ldap group: files ldap netgroup: files ldap automount: files ldap cheers Tony On 21 November 2011 16:25, David Roid <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you enable LDAP in NSS? > > 2011/11/21 tony archibald <[email protected]> > >> OS = RHEL 5 >> samba version 3.0.33-3.29 >> openldap 2.3 >> >> is it possible to have linux users stored in an ldap directory and still >> use the passdb backend = smbpasswd. >> I have an existing smbpasswd password db and an existing set of linux >> users >> I have migrated the linux users to LDAP and authenticating successfully >> until I have time to get all samba credentials migrated to ldap i still >> need use the existing smbpaswd file. >> so the scenario is that for existing (ie pre migration) users all is well. >> however for newly added users I get the following error when accessing a >> share. >> "build_sam_account: smbpasswd database is corrupt! username jtony with >> uid >> 1091 is not in unix passwd database!" >> smbd doesn't seem to be looking in the ldap directory for the unix user, >> rather it is still looking in /etc/passwd >> >> regards >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba >> > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
