When using winbind to create users and groups from a domain controller the commands 'wbinfo -u' and 'wbinfo -g' work, but why do 'getent passwd' or 'getent group' not show the domain users or groups?

For the getent passwd or getent group commands to show your domain users and groups properly, you must edit your /etc/nsswitch.conf file to include winbind as a source of user (passwd) and group information.

Until this is done, system functions which depend on your nsswitch configuration will not work properly for these us...