Problem with nsswitch.conf

[Shawn Bakhtiar]

Oh Jesus!!! Thank you.. that worked.. obviously...

> On Sep 21, 2016, at 10:28 AM, Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> On 09/21/2016 12:21, Shawn Bakhtiar wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> It should be "files", plural.
> 
> Eric