Thanks for the prompt reply. This option works perfectly. I somehow did
not understand this option properly and tried it out but did not put in
the correct configuration. But now it works great.
- Rahul.
Rechenberg, Andrew wrote:
> You have to compile nss_ldap with schema attribute mapping enabled (it
> might be enabled by default now) and add an entry to libnss-ldap.conf or
> ldap.conf :
>
> nss_map_objectclass posixAccount sCSPerson
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:
owner-nssldap@... [mailto:
owner-nssldap@...] On Behalf
>> Of amaramrahul
>> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:04 AM
>> To:
nssldap@...
>> Subject: [nssldap] fetching user details from a ldap entry which
>> consists of an objectClass other than posixAccount
>>
>>
>> I am using libnss-ldap in Debian Lenny. My LDAP user account entry
>>
> does
>
>> not
>> contain the objectClass posixAccount. Instead it belongs to another
>> objectClass sCSPerson. Adding both the object classes to the user
>> account
>> entry is not an option. I would like to know the configuration
>>
> parameter
>
>> to
>> be used in libnss-ldap.conf so that the user details are fetched from
>> the
>> entries whose objectClass is sCSPerson rather than posixAccount. I
>>
> have
>
>> tried the below configuration parameter but it does not work:
>>
>> nss_base_passwd
>> ou=People,dc=synovel,dc=com?sub?objectClass=sCSPerson
>>
>> Are there any other means of achieving the same?
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>> posixAccount-tp22908363p22908363.html
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>>
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