nslcd when authenticating to Active Directory throws a lot of messages like: "Mar 1 10:05:36 localhost nslcd[xxx]: group entry CN=IT,OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com does not contain gidNumber value". How to get rid of these messages?

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Issue

  • nslcd when authenticating to Active Directory throws a lot of messages in /var/log/messages

For example:

  • Missing gid
localhost nslcd[1192]: [52255a] group entry CN=IT,OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com does not contain gidNumber value".
  • Missing uid
localhost nslcd[xxxx]: [87f34d] passwd entry CN=foo,OU=people,OU=del,OU=linux,DC=example,DC=com does not contain uid value

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Configured RHEL as ldap client using nslcd

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