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# 1  
Old 08-30-2014
Linux Ldap user does not exists
Hi all, Hope everyone doing good.

Let me come to point, i have setup-ed a LDAP server and client machines

Server works perfect, while make a search from client machine it too get the Query from LDAP server, But while i switch user it says user not exists

Code:
[root@ldapc ~]# su - babin
su: user babin does not exist

I have tried this from client machine and i got the below reply

Quote:
# ldapsearch -x -b dc=tecmintlocal,dc=com -h ldap.tecmintlocal.com
---------------------------------

Code:
# extended LDIF
#
# LDAPv3
# base <dc=tecmintlocal,dc=com> with scope subtree
# filter: (objectclass=*)
# requesting: ALL
#

# tecmintlocal.com
dn: dc=tecmintlocal,dc=com
dc: tecmintlocal
objectClass: top
objectClass: domain

# People, tecmintlocal.com
dn: ou=People,dc=tecmintlocal,dc=com
ou: People
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit

# Group, tecmintlocal.com
dn: ou=Group,dc=tecmintlocal,dc=com
ou: Group
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit

# tecmint_gp1, Group, tecmintlocal.com
dn: cn=tecmint_gp1,ou=Group,dc=tecmintlocal,dc=com
objectClass: posixGroup
objectClass: top
cn: tecmint_gp1
userPassword:: YWRtaW4xMjMk
gidNumber: 20000

# babin, People, tecmintlocal.com
dn: uid=babin,ou=People,dc=tecmintlocal,dc=com
uid: babin
cn: babin babin
objectClass: account
objectClass: posixAccount
objectClass: top
objectClass: shadowAccount
userPassword:: YWRtaW4xMjMk
shadowLastChange: 16120
shadowMin: 0
shadowMax: 99999
shadowWarning: 7
loginShell: /bin/bash
uidNumber: 2000
gidNumber: 20000
homeDirectory: /home/babin

# tecmintclient, People, tecmintlocal.com
dn: uid=tecmintclient,ou=People,dc=tecmintlocal,dc=com
uid: tecmintclient
cn: tecmintclient tecmintclient
objectClass: account
objectClass: posixAccount
objectClass: top
objectClass: shadowAccount
userPassword:: YWRtaW4xMjMk
shadowLastChange: 16120
shadowMin: 0
shadowMax: 99999
shadowWarning: 7
loginShell: /bin/bash
uidNumber: 2000
gidNumber: 20000
homeDirectory: /home/tecmintclient

# search result
search: 2
result: 0 Success

# numResponses: 7
# numEntries: 6

# 2  
Old 09-02-2014
Did you setup the client pc using ldap auth? Do you use ssl connection? Also check if sssd started.
# 3  
Old 09-02-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by DevilG
Did you setup the client pc using ldap auth? Do you use ssl connection? Also check if sssd started.
yes i have done the client configuration too, tried 13 times a fresh installation both client and server, Still i cant fix it. yes i'am using TLS, sssd start running while cert file copied from server to client using authconfig-tui
# 4  
Old 10-02-2014
I have run strace command with su - ldapbabin, Please have a note on below trace

Code:
[root@ldapc ~]# strace su - ldapbabin
execve("/bin/su", ["su", "-", "ldapbabin"], [/* 24 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x7f8424dbc000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8423eae000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=28052, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 28052, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8423ea7000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib64/libpam.so.0", O_RDONLY)    = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\320#\300\240?\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=58480, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2150944, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8423a82000
mprotect(0x7f8423a8e000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8423c8e000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xc000) = 0x7f8423c8e000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib64/libpam_misc.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0`\17\200\237?\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=17248, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2109712, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f842387e000
mprotect(0x7f8423880000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8423a80000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2000) = 0x7f8423a80000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)      = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0p\356\1\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1921096, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8423ea6000
mmap(NULL, 3750152, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f84234ea000
mprotect(0x7f8423674000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8423874000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x18a000) = 0x7f8423874000
mmap(0x7f8423879000, 18696, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8423879000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib64/libaudit.so.1", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\260%\200\236?\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=115536, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2208304, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f84232ce000
mprotect(0x7f84232e5000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f84234e4000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x16000) = 0x7f84234e4000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib64/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY)     = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\340\r\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=19536, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2109696, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f84230ca000
mprotect(0x7f84230cc000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f84232cc000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2000) = 0x7f84232cc000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib64/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=40400, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8423ea5000
mmap(NULL, 2318816, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8422e93000
mprotect(0x7f8422e9a000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f842309a000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x7000) = 0x7f842309a000
mmap(0x7f842309c000, 184800, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f842309c000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib64/libfreebl3.so", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0@<\0\241?\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=472064, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2582368, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8422c1c000
mprotect(0x7f8422c8d000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8422e8c000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x70000) = 0x7f8422e8c000
mmap(0x7f8422e8f000, 14176, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8422e8f000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8423ea4000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8423ea3000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8423ea2000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f8423ea3700) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8422e8c000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f842309a000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f84232cc000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f84234e4000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8423874000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8423a80000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8423c8e000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f84240b9000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8423eaf000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7f8423ea7000, 28052)           = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=99158576, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 99158576, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f841cd8b000
close(3)                                = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x7f8424dbc000
brk(0x7f8424ddd000)                     = 0x7f8424ddd000
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC|SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0) = 3
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
close(3)                                = 0
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC|SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0) = 3
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
close(3)                                = 0
open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY)    = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1703, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8423ead000
read(3, "#\n# /etc/nsswitch.conf\n#\n# An ex"..., 4096) = 1703
read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0x7f8423ead000, 4096)            = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=28052, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 28052, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8423ea7000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib64/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\360!\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=65928, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2151824, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f841cb7d000
mprotect(0x7f841cb89000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f841cd89000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xc000) = 0x7f841cd89000
close(3)                                = 0
mprotect(0x7f841cd89000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7f8423ea7000, 28052)           = 0
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fcntl(3, F_GETFD)                       = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC)
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1146, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8423ead000
read(3, "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n"..., 4096) = 1146
read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0x7f8423ead000, 4096)            = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=28052, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 28052, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8423ea7000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib64/libnss_sss.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\300\26\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=31992, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2127376, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f841c975000
mprotect(0x7f841c97c000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f841cb7c000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x7000) = 0x7f841cb7c000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib64/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\340]\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=142640, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2212848, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f841c758000
mprotect(0x7f841c76f000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f841c96f000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x17000) = 0x7f841c96f000
mmap(0x7f841c971000, 13296, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f841c971000
close(3)                                = 0
mprotect(0x7f841c96f000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
set_tid_address(0x7f8423ea39d0)         = 1403
set_robust_list(0x7f8423ea39e0, 0x18)   = 0
futex(0x7fff6220e1ac, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
futex(0x7fff6220e1ac, FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET_PRIVATE|FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME, 1, NULL, 7f8423ea3700) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
rt_sigaction(SIGRTMIN, {0x7f841c75dc60, [], SA_RESTORER|SA_SIGINFO, 0x7f841c767710}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {0x7f841c75dcf0, [], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO, 0x7f841c767710}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0
getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, {rlim_cur=10240*1024, rlim_max=RLIM_INFINITY}) = 0
munmap(0x7f8423ea7000, 28052)           = 0
open("/var/lib/sss/mc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=6806312, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 6806312, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = 0x7f841c0da000
futex(0x7f841cb7c448, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0
fstat(-1, 0x7fff6220e4d0)               = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor)
gettimeofday({1412240125, 89445}, NULL) = 0
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0)         = 4
fcntl(4, F_GETFL)                       = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR)
fcntl(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)    = 0
fcntl(4, F_GETFD)                       = 0
fcntl(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)           = 0
connect(4, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/lib/sss/pipes/nss"}, 110) = 0
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFSOCK|0777, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLOUT}], 1, 300000) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLOUT}])
sendto(4, "\24\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 16, MSG_NOSIGNAL, NULL, 0) = 16
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLOUT}], 1, 300000) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLOUT}])
sendto(4, "\1\0\0\0", 4, MSG_NOSIGNAL, NULL, 0) = 4
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}], 1, 300000) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLIN}])
read(4, "\24\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 16) = 16
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}], 1, 300000) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLIN}])
read(4, "\1\0\0\0", 4)                  = 4
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLOUT}], 1, 300000) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLOUT}])
sendto(4, "\32\0\0\0\21\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 16, MSG_NOSIGNAL, NULL, 0) = 16
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLOUT}], 1, 300000) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLOUT}])
sendto(4, "ldapbabin\0", 10, MSG_NOSIGNAL, NULL, 0) = 10
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}], 1, 300000) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLIN}])
read(4, "\30\0\0\0\21\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 16) = 16
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}], 1, 300000) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLIN}])
read(4, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8)          = 8
open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 5
fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2512, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8423ead000
read(5, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2512
read(5, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(5)                                = 0
munmap(0x7f8423ead000, 4096)            = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/en_IN/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = 5
fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=435, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 435, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 5, 0) = 0x7f8423ead000
close(5)                                = 0
write(2, "su: ", 4su: )                     = 4
write(2, "user ldapbabin does not exist", 29user ldapbabin does not exist) = 29
write(2, "\n", 1
)                       = 1
close(1)                                = 0
close(2)                                = 0
close(4)                                = 0
exit_group(125)                         = ?

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Hi all, I've been trying to find a good check I can put it in to a shell script to see if a given user exists. Some of the things I've thought about is checking whether they have a home directory, but not all users have a home directory. I've thought about grepping the /etc/passwd file for... (4 Replies)
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10. SCO

Need Script to check whether user exists in the remote machine

Hi All, I am new to shell scripting. Can someone let me know, how to check whether the user exists in the remote system? I am building a new unix box and before I proceed installing the appliation , I want to check whether the required users are created in the system . how to do this ?... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Srini75
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