Hi Michael,
NSS results must not be dependent on the backend database a directory service uses.
I activated connection logging and here's the proof that NSS is not the culprit.
Searches initiated by NSS are identical and exactly this behavior can also be seen when using ldapsearch from command line with parameters from the log:
# running 'getent passwd' with hdb backend: Apr 24 09:53:54 openldap-dev slapd[19240]: conn=1000 op=0 BIND dn="cn=itsAgent,ou=customerAgent,dc=scom" method=128 Apr 24 09:53:54 openldap-dev slapd[19240]: conn=1000 op=0 BIND dn="cn=itsAgent,ou=customerAgent,dc=scom" mech=SIMPLE ssf=0 Apr 24 09:53:54 openldap-dev slapd[19240]: conn=1000 op=0 RESULT tag=97 err=0 text= Apr 24 09:53:54 openldap-dev slapd[19240]: conn=1000 op=1 SRCH base="ou=account,dc=its,dc=scom" scope=1 deref=3 filter="(objectClass=posixAccount)" Apr 24 09:53:54 openldap-dev slapd[19240]: conn=1000 op=1 SRCH attr=uid userPassword uidNumber gidNumber cn homeDirectory x-LinuxLoginShell gecos description objectClass Apr 24 09:53:54 openldap-dev slapd[19240]: conn=1000 op=1 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=656 text= Apr 24 09:53:54 openldap-dev slapd[19240]: conn=1000 fd=13 closed (connection lost)
# running 'getent passwd' with mdb backend: Apr 24 10:00:17 openldap-dev slapd[19300]: conn=1002 op=0 BIND dn="cn=itsAgent,ou=customerAgent,dc=scom" method=128 Apr 24 10:00:17 openldap-dev slapd[19300]: conn=1002 op=0 BIND dn="cn=itsAgent,ou=customerAgent,dc=scom" mech=SIMPLE ssf=0 Apr 24 10:00:17 openldap-dev slapd[19300]: conn=1002 op=0 RESULT tag=97 err=0 text= Apr 24 10:00:17 openldap-dev slapd[19300]: conn=1002 op=1 SRCH base="ou=account,dc=its,dc=scom" scope=1 deref=3 filter="(objectClass=posixAccount)" Apr 24 10:00:17 openldap-dev slapd[19300]: conn=1002 op=1 SRCH attr=uid userPassword uidNumber gidNumber cn homeDirectory x-LinuxLoginShell gecos description objectClass Apr 24 10:00:17 openldap-dev slapd[19300]: conn=1002 op=1 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 text= Apr 24 10:00:17 openldap-dev slapd[19300]: conn=1002 fd=13 closed (connection lost)
I suspect that aliases are not handled the same way in hdb and mdb as I am using aliases here and deref=3 in both searches, example:
dn: uid=joe,ou=Account,dc=its,dc=scom objectClass: alias objectClass: extensibleObject uid: joe aliasedObjectName: uid=joe,ou=Person,dc=its,dc=scom structuralObjectClass: alias
When using hdb, the alias is dereferenced correctly (nentries=656), when using mdb it seems not to be dereferenced at all (nentries=0).
Maybe there's a parameter around for mdb which I couldn't find in the docs to prevent this, but if not I consider this as a bug.
Regards
Juergen
michael@stroeder.com wrote:
It would certainly help if you could examine the issue with pure LDAP search operations preferably with OpenLDAP's ldapsearch command-line tool.
When looking at NSS results too many things can go wrong with other components' configuration.
Ciao, Michael.
Juergen.Sprenger@swisscom.com wrote:
Hi,
I have running OpenDLAP 2.4.35 on Gentoo Linux and wanted to make some tests with mdb.
Slapd was running fine with hdb, no problems so far. Then I exported contents via slapcat and switched config to mdb. When slapd started using mdb no users from directory were shown by 'getent passwd':
### hdb part #### # using hdb parameters database hdb dirtyread cachesize 150000 cachefree 100 idlcachesize 450000 dncachesize 100000
# slapadd from backup and run slapd with hdb backend /etc/init.d/unscd stop /etc/init.d/slapd stop rm /var/lib/openldap-data/* rm -rf /etc/openldap/slapd.d/* cp -p /etc/openldap/DB_CONFIG /var/lib/openldap-data/ cp -p /etc/openldap/slapd.conf.hdb /etc/openldap/slapd.conf su ldap -c '/usr/sbin/slapadd -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf -l odsldap-dev.ldif' /etc/init.d/slapd start /etc/init.d/unscd start slapcat -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf -b dc=scom | md5sum # 73850f9a3f7ff9d3d1ddb7663cd046a6 -
getent passwd # all users shown, everything ok
### mdb part #### # using mdb paramters database mdb dbnosync maxsize 2094967296 searchstack 64
# slapadd from backup and run slapd with mdb backend /etc/init.d/unscd stop /etc/init.d/slapd stop rm /var/lib/openldap-data/* rm -rf /etc/openldap/slapd.d/* cp -p /etc/openldap/slapd.conf.mdb /etc/openldap/slapd.conf su ldap -c '/usr/sbin/slapadd -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf -l odsldap-dev.ldif' /etc/init.d/slapd start /etc/init.d/unscd start slapcat -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf -b dc=scom | md5sum # 73850f9a3f7ff9d3d1ddb7663cd046a6 -
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getent passwd # no users from ldap shown
Am I missing something when setting up and using mdb? Both backends have exactly the same content, and so the results for searches should also be identical.
Regards
Jürgen Sprenger