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?
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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...
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