Thanks Steve. I don't have an 'objectClass: posixAccount' set, though I'm unclear whether that's needed. My nsswitch.conf is set as:
passwd: files winbind I'm not trying to use the generic LDAP mechanism.. I'm trying to get Winbind to talk to AD. I suspect it will look for different attributes than the ldap modules would look for. cheers, -Nick On Jul 18, 2012, at 1:15 AM, steve wrote: > On 18/07/12 03:00, Rob Townley wrote: >> Precisely what ldap attribute are you setting user id numbers in AD? You >> may want to check. There are numerous attribute names that include uid and >> gid, but you need the correct one. >> > Hi > In AD we have: > objectClass: posixAccount > and > uidNumber: xyz > > with /etc/nsswitch.conf conatining: > passwd: compat ldap > > nss-ldapd (for example) pulls the uidNumber fine using: > getent passwd > > Is that what we are talking about? > Cheers, > Steve > -- > 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
