Environment
Novell Open Enterprise Server (Linux based)
Situation
Some LUM enabled users are displayed multiple times on a
workstation that has LUM installed and configured.
/etc/nam.conf has enable-peristent-cache=yes
Running "getent passwd" displays the same user, uid, groups multiple times.
#getent passwd
Testuser1:x:616:602::/home/testuser1:/bin/bash
testuser2:x:617:603::/home/testuser2:/bin/bash
Testuser1:x:616:602::/home/testuser1:/bin/bash
testuser3:x:618:604::/home/testuser3:/bin/bash
User that is show multiple times is only in eDirectory one time.
User is a member of multiple LUM enabled groups
/etc/nam.conf has enable-peristent-cache=yes
Running "getent passwd" displays the same user, uid, groups multiple times.
#getent passwd
Testuser1:x:616:602::/home/testuser1:/bin/bash
testuser2:x:617:603::/home/testuser2:/bin/bash
Testuser1:x:616:602::/home/testuser1:/bin/bash
testuser3:x:618:604::/home/testuser3:/bin/bash
User that is show multiple times is only in eDirectory one time.
User is a member of multiple LUM enabled groups
Resolution
This problem occurs on users that have mixed case when the CN value
is different from the UniqueID value.
EX:
CN=Testuser1 with UniqueID=testuser1.
To resolve the problem:
Modify the problem user with ConsoleOne. Select the "other" tab. Modify UniqueID and change the value to something different - EX: newid.
Modify the UniqueID again and add the correct value with the same case as the CN value.
Apply changes
To correct the entries that already exist in the LUM cache, refresh the LUM cache.
To refresh the LUM cache:
#namconfig cache_refresh
EX:
CN=Testuser1 with UniqueID=testuser1.
To resolve the problem:
Modify the problem user with ConsoleOne. Select the "other" tab. Modify UniqueID and change the value to something different - EX: newid.
Modify the UniqueID again and add the correct value with the same case as the CN value.
Apply changes
To correct the entries that already exist in the LUM cache, refresh the LUM cache.
To refresh the LUM cache:
#namconfig cache_refresh
Additional Information
It is highly recommended that either the LUM utilities (namuseradd,
namgroupadd, namusermod, namgroupmod) or iManager w/LUM plugin be
used to configure users with the necessary LUM attributes.