Hello, I am setting up an LDAP Samba server, and have migrated all the local posix account info into it as well as creating the smb account info.
I have now set up this server to use LDAP for authentication (rather than /etc/passwd, etc.) like so ... sudo apt-get --yes install ldap-auth-client sudo auth-client-config -a -p lac_ldap When testing the result with 'getent passwd', I see all the LDAP user accounts, but it seems the info in /etc/passwd file is also reported. Is this normal? The following shows the output from getent (note that 'bin' and 'daemon' for example are repeated) and further down is the list of user accounts in LDAP. $ getent passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh libuuid:x:100:101::/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/sh dhcp:x:101:102::/nonexistent:/bin/false syslog:x:102:103::/home/syslog:/bin/false klog:x:103:104::/home/klog:/bin/false hplip:x:104:7:HPLIP system user,,,:/var/run/hplip:/bin/false avahi-autoipd:x:105:113:Avahi autoip daemon,,,:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false gdm:x:106:114:Gnome Display Manager:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/false messagebus:x:107:116::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false avahi:x:108:117:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false polkituser:x:109:119:PolicyKit,,,:/var/run/PolicyKit:/bin/false haldaemon:x:110:120:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hald:/bin/false linux:x:1000:1000:linux,,,:/home/linux:/bin/bash openldap:x:111:122:OpenLDAP Server Account,,,:/var/lib/ldap:/bin/false root:x:0:0:Netbios Domain Administrator:/home/root:/bin/false nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh david:x:1003:513:David:/home/david:/bin/bash frank:x:1004:513:System User:/home/frank:/bin/bash fred:x:1005:513:System User:/home/fred:/bin/bash daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh libuuid:x:100:101:libuuid:/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/sh dhcp:x:101:102:dhcp:/nonexistent:/bin/false syslog:x:102:103:syslog:/home/syslog:/bin/false klog:x:103:104:klog:/home/klog:/bin/false hplip:x:104:7:HPLIP system user,,,:/var/run/hplip:/bin/false avahi-autoipd:x:105:113:Avahi autoip daemon,,,:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false gdm:x:106:114:Gnome Display Manager:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/false messagebus:x:107:116:messagebus:/var/run/dbus:/bin/false avahi:x:108:117:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false polkituser:x:109:119:PolicyKit,,,:/var/run/PolicyKit:/bin/false haldaemon:x:110:120:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hald:/bin/false openldap:x:111:122:OpenLDAP Server Account,,,:/var/lib/ldap:/bin/false $ ldapsearch -xLLL -b "ou=Users,dc=collins" | grep "dn:" dn: ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=root,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=nobody,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=linux,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=david,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=frank,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=fred,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=daemon,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=bin,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=sys,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=sync,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=games,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=man,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=lp,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=mail,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=news,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=uucp,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=proxy,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=www-data,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=backup,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=list,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=irc,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=gnats,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=libuuid,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=dhcp,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=syslog,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=klog,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=hplip,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=avahi-autoipd,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=gdm,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=messagebus,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=avahi,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=polkituser,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=haldaemon,ou=Users,dc=collins dn: uid=openldap,ou=Users,dc=collins Regards, David Collins -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
