Hello, I am following Ch5 of the Samba Guide and so far it has been working pretty good till that point: *> *Procedure 5.8. LDAP Directory Initialization Steps > * > > 12. This step will determine whether or not identity resolution is > working correctly. Do not procede is this step fails, rather find the > cause of the failure. The *id* command may be used to validate your > configuration so far, as shown here: > >|root# | id chrisr >uid=1002(chrisr) gid=513(Domain Users) groups=513(Domain Users) >*I can see the user I added as a result of step 11 but at step 12 I get a No Such User error. Sorry if this is obvious to some of you, I have to say I have absolutely no experience of this kind of setup :-( What can I check to find the cause of the failure ? Many thanks for your help ! Olivier Thibaut.
On Monday 28 November 2005 21:22, Olivier Thibaut wrote:> Hello, > > I am following Ch5 of the Samba Guide and so far it has been working > pretty good till that point: > * > > > *Procedure 5.8. LDAP Directory Initialization Steps > > * > > > > 12. This step will determine whether or not identity resolution is > > working correctly. Do not procede is this step fails, rather find the > > cause of the failure. The *id* command may be used to validate your > > > > configuration so far, as shown here: > >|root# | id chrisr > > > >uid=1002(chrisr) gid=513(Domain Users) groups=513(Domain Users) > > *I can see the user I added as a result of step 11 but at step 12 I get > a No Such User error. > Sorry if this is obvious to some of you, I have to say I have absolutely > no experience of this kind of setup :-( > What can I check to find the cause of the failure ? > > Many thanks for your help !Follow section 5.1.3.7 to find the cause of it not working. Your version of nss_ldap may be too old. Also check that nscd is NOT running. - John T.
John H Terpstra wrote:>>*I can see the user I added as a result of step 11 but at step 12 I get >>a No Such User error. >>Sorry if this is obvious to some of you, I have to say I have absolutely >>no experience of this kind of setup :-( >>What can I check to find the cause of the failure ? >> >>Many thanks for your help ! >> >> > >Follow section 5.1.3.7 to find the cause of it not working. > >Your version of nss_ldap may be too old. Also check that nscd is NOT running. > >- John T. > >Oops, seems I missed an important part. nscd was the culprit, thanks for your help :-) Olivier Thibaut.