Bug#594572: gdm3: nt domain users (from a perfectly working winbind) don't appear in the logon screen user list

[Josselin Mouette]

Le vendredi 27 août 2010 à 11:32 +0200, Fejes Jozsef a écrit :
> Package: gdm3
> Version: 2.30.2-4
> Severity: normal
> 
> Default Debian install with Gnome, Samba, Winbind. I joined an NT domain, set up
> Samba and Winbind, included Winbind in PAM and nsswitch.conf, it's all good.
> Winbind is configured to use the default domain so I can login with the name
> 'fejes.jozsef'. Winbind can also enumerate all users and groups. However, no
> domain users appear on the login screen's user list, only local users. Since
> PAM and nsswitch.conf are all fine, domain users should appear in GDM just like
> local users from passwd.

I observed the same behavior with LDAP, and I think this is intentional.
If there are too many users, as is generally the case with remote NSS
modules, it is useless to list them all. However, once a user has logged
on, it should appear since it is part of the recent users list. If it
does not, that would indeed be a bug.

Cheers,
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