On Oct 17 09:02, Maayan Apelboim wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I posted about this problem in the past but was unable to solve it completely.
> It seems getent works intermediately. 
> Sometimes it shows my user and sometimes it doesn't.
> I don't think I have this problem with other users, but maybe I do and don't feel it as much cause they are less used. The user I'm looking for is the one responsible for our automations, so every time getent fails to find it, I see it in my scripts.
> 
> Any idea why this is happening?
> 
> Adding command outputs:
> myUser@dom1-job11 ~
> $ getent passwd user1
> 
> myUser@dom1-job11 ~
> $ getent passwd user1
> 
> myUser@dom1-job11 ~
> $
> 
> myUser@dom1-job11 ~
> $
> 
> myUser@dom1-job11 ~
> $ getent passwd user1
> 
> myUser@dom1-job11 ~
> $ getent passwd user1
> 
> myUser@dom1-job11 ~
> $ getent passwd user1
> 
> myUser@dom1-job11 ~
> $ getent passwd user1
> user1:*:1049703:1049089:U-UK\user1,S-1-5-21-892078619-2706518417-4190201681-1127:/home/user1:/bin/bash
> 
> myUser@dom1-job11 ~
> $
> 
> myUser@dom1-job11 ~
> $ getent passwd user1
> user1:*:1049703:1049089:U-UK\user1,S-1-5-21-892078619-2706518417-4190201681-1127:/home/user1:/bin/bash
> 
> myUser@dom1-job11 ~
> $ getent passwd user1
> user1:*:1049703:1049089:U-UK\user1,S-1-5-21-892078619-2706518417-4190201681-1127:/home/user1:/bin/bash
> 
> myUser@dom1-job11 ~
> $ getent passwd user1

Is "UK" the name of the local machine or the name of your domain?

How does your /etc/nsswitch.conf file look like?

Do you still have /etc/passwd and /etc/group files?  If so, does removing
the files change the above behaviour?  If so, can you attach both files
verbatim to your reply?


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer