Problem with nsswitch.conf

[Shawn Bakhtiar]

Good morning All,

I'm trying to configure my server as an LDAP client. I installed the nslcd service and it's working great.

My problem is when I issue the command getent passwd it only returns the LDAP user not the local users. 

#
# nsswitch.conf(5) - name service switch configuration file
# $FreeBSD: releng/10.2/etc/nsswitch.conf 224765 2011-08-10 20:52:02Z dougb $
#
group: file ldap
group_compat: nis ldap
hosts: files dns
networks: files
passwd: file ldap
passwd_compat: nis ldap
shells: files 
services: files 
services_compat: nis
protocols: files 
rpc: files


When I change the above group and passwd setting back to compat (which was the default configuration) I get the local users but none of the ldap users show up. In fact nslcd is not even called (i've checked by running it in debug mode). So how do I configure nsswitch to use both the local /etc/passwd file and the ldap. I need this because without it services will not start. IE nslcd complains that nslcd is not a valid user when using the above configuration.

Any help would greatly be appreciated,
Shawn