Problem with nsswitch.conf

[Eric van Gyzen]

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