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I have managed to get sssd working and getent passwd *username* as well as getent group returns AD data. I am now facing a problem with nested groups in Active Directory.

In the AD i have supergroup for the entire department. This group has the users as members.

Department group: CN=123 - DepartmentName,OU=departments,OU=SecurityGroups,DC=company,DC=country
member CN=Benny Bob,OU=123 - DepartmentName,OU=other,OU=info,DC=company,DC=country
member CN=Billy Bob,OU=123 - DepartmentName,OU=other,OU=info,DC=company,DC=country
memberOf CN=RepositoryAuthorization,OU=Roles,OU=SecurityGroups,DC=company,DC=country

I also have a number of users, for example:

User : CN=Benny Bob,OU=xxx - DepartmentName,OU=other,OU=info,DC=company,DC=country
memberOf CN=xxx - DepartmentName,OU=departments,OU=SecurityGroups,DC=company,DC=country (The department group)
memberOf CN=ServerAuthorization,OU=Roles,OU=SecurityGroups,DC=company,DC=country

When i call getent group | grep ServerAuthorizationthe users (which are directly linked to the group) show up fine. However, when i call getent group | grep RepositoryAuthorization they are shown as having no members. RepositoryAuthorization is a member of the department group, that the users are members of. So its a nested group.

I assume its a problem with my sssd setup. EDIT: This does not seem to be a problem of nesting directions. It seems that certain groups are simply not retrieved by SSSD.

All groups in OU=Roles,OU=Security Groups.... are returned by getent group. However, groups in OU=Departments,OU=Security Groups.... are not.

Settings are ldap_group_search_base = OU=Security Groups... and 'ldap_group_nesting_level = 100'

This is the log for the getent group call (Loglevel 7) I am especially curious about this:

(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x0080): ldap_search_ext failed: Bad search filter
    (Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_done] (0x0100): sdap_get_generic_ext_recv failed [1432158235]: Malformed search filter
    (Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [acctinfo_callback] (0x0100): Request processed. Returned 3,1432158235,Init group lookup failed

Full log:

(Tue Jan 27 15:58:15 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [be_get_account_info] (0x0100): Got request for [4098][1][*]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:15 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [be_req_set_domain] (0x0400): Changing request domain from [Company.dk] to [Company.dk]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:15 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_handle_acct_req_send] (0x1000): Skipping group enumeration on demand
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:15 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [acctinfo_callback] (0x0100): Request processed. Returned 0,0,Success
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [be_get_account_info] (0x0100): Got request for [4099][1][name=localUser]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [be_req_set_domain] (0x0400): Changing request domain from [Company.dk] to [Company.dk]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_initgr_next_base] (0x0400): Searching for users with base [ou=Users,ou=Company,dc=Company,dc=dk]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x0400): calling ldap_search_ext with [(&(sAMAccountName=localUser)(objectclass=user)((null)=*))][ou=Users,ou=Company,dc=Company,dc=dk].
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [objectClass]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [sAMAccountName]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [userPassword]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [uidNumber]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [gidNumber]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [gecos]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [unixHomeDirectory]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginShell]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [userPrincipalName]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [displayName]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [memberOf]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [modifyTimestamp]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [uSNChanged]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowLastChange]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowMin]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowMax]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowWarning]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowInactive]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowExpire]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowFlag]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [krbLastPwdChange]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [krbPasswordExpiration]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [pwdAttribute]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [authorizedService]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [accountExpires]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [userAccountControl]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [nsAccountLock]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [host]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginDisabled]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginExpirationTime]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginAllowedTimeMap]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x0080): ldap_search_ext failed: Bad search filter
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_done] (0x0100): sdap_get_generic_ext_recv failed [1432158235]: Malformed search filter
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [acctinfo_callback] (0x0100): Request processed. Returned 3,1432158235,Init group lookup failed
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [be_get_account_info] (0x0100): Got request for [4099][1][name=localUser]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [be_req_set_domain] (0x0400): Changing request domain from [Company.dk] to [Company.dk]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_initgr_next_base] (0x0400): Searching for users with base [ou=Users,ou=Company,dc=Company,dc=dk]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x0400): calling ldap_search_ext with [(&(sAMAccountName=localUser)(objectclass=user)((null)=*))][ou=Users,ou=Company,dc=Company,dc=dk].
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [objectClass]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [sAMAccountName]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [userPassword]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [uidNumber]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [gidNumber]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [gecos]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [unixHomeDirectory]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginShell]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [userPrincipalName]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [displayName]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [memberOf]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [modifyTimestamp]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [uSNChanged]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowLastChange]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowMin]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowMax]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowWarning]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowInactive]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowExpire]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowFlag]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [krbLastPwdChange]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [krbPasswordExpiration]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [pwdAttribute]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [authorizedService]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [accountExpires]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [userAccountControl]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [nsAccountLock]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [host]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginDisabled]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginExpirationTime]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginAllowedTimeMap]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x0080): ldap_search_ext failed: Bad search filter
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_done] (0x0100): sdap_get_generic_ext_recv failed [1432158235]: Malformed search filter
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [acctinfo_callback] (0x0100): Request processed. Returned 3,1432158235,Init group lookup failed
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [be_get_account_info] (0x0100): Got request for [4099][1][name=localUser]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [be_req_set_domain] (0x0400): Changing request domain from [Company.dk] to [Company.dk]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_initgr_next_base] (0x0400): Searching for users with base [ou=Users,ou=Company,dc=Company,dc=dk]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x0400): calling ldap_search_ext with [(&(sAMAccountName=localUser)(objectclass=user)((null)=*))][ou=Users,ou=Company,dc=Company,dc=dk].
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [objectClass]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [sAMAccountName]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [userPassword]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [uidNumber]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [gidNumber]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [gecos]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [unixHomeDirectory]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginShell]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [userPrincipalName]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [displayName]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [memberOf]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [modifyTimestamp]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [uSNChanged]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowLastChange]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowMin]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowMax]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowWarning]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowInactive]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowExpire]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowFlag]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [krbLastPwdChange]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [krbPasswordExpiration]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [pwdAttribute]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [authorizedService]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [accountExpires]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [userAccountControl]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [nsAccountLock]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [host]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginDisabled]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginExpirationTime]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginAllowedTimeMap]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x0080): ldap_search_ext failed: Bad search filter
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_done] (0x0100): sdap_get_generic_ext_recv failed [1432158235]: Malformed search filter
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [acctinfo_callback] (0x0100): Request processed. Returned 3,1432158235,Init group lookup failed
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [be_get_account_info] (0x0100): Got request for [4099][1][name=localUser]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [be_req_set_domain] (0x0400): Changing request domain from [Company.dk] to [Company.dk]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_initgr_next_base] (0x0400): Searching for users with base [ou=Users,ou=Company,dc=Company,dc=dk]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x0400): calling ldap_search_ext with [(&(sAMAccountName=localUser)(objectclass=user)((null)=*))][ou=Users,ou=Company,dc=Company,dc=dk].
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [objectClass]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [sAMAccountName]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [userPassword]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [uidNumber]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [gidNumber]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [gecos]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [unixHomeDirectory]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginShell]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [userPrincipalName]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [displayName]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [memberOf]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [modifyTimestamp]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [uSNChanged]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowLastChange]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowMin]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowMax]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowWarning]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowInactive]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowExpire]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [shadowFlag]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [krbLastPwdChange]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [krbPasswordExpiration]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [pwdAttribute]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [authorizedService]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [accountExpires]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [userAccountControl]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [nsAccountLock]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [host]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginDisabled]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginExpirationTime]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x1000): Requesting attrs: [loginAllowedTimeMap]
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x0080): ldap_search_ext failed: Bad search filter
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [sdap_get_generic_done] (0x0100): sdap_get_generic_ext_recv failed [1432158235]: Malformed search filter
(Tue Jan 27 15:58:25 2015) [sssd[be[Company.dk]]] [acctinfo_callback] (0x0100): Request processed. Returned 3,1432158235,Init group lookup failed
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  • That's not how nested groups work... Just because user 1 is a member of group A and group B is a member of group A doesn't mean user 1 is also a member of group B. Nesting means user 1 is in group A, group A is in group B, therefore user 1 is in group B.
    – John
    Jan 27, 2015 at 13:56
  • Isn't that what i have? User 1 (Benny) is in Department(Group A) Repo(Group B) is in Department(GroupA). I might be getting confused by member and memberOf, but in my case, GroupA(Dept) has 'member' on User1(Benny) and GroupB(Repo) has 'member" on GroupA(Dept). Shouldn't this work? Jan 27, 2015 at 14:18
  • You have: 1->A + B->A. You need: 1->A + A->B.
    – John
    Jan 27, 2015 at 14:21
  • I am very sorry for being confused, but it seems to be that's what i have. I have: u1 'memberof' gA | gA 'member' u1 gA 'memberOf' gB | gB 'member' gA... So 1 memberOf A + A memberOf B Jan 27, 2015 at 14:32
  • Your initial description indicated case 1. If you do indeed have case 2, then you should be okay, and there is a problem with sssd somewhere.
    – John
    Jan 27, 2015 at 14:35

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Take another look at the sssd.conf I gave you on your Wheezy SSSD-AD question over on StackExchange. You need the ldap_group_nesting_level = 5 entry to enable nested groups.

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  • I did see it. I've tried 2, 10, 100 and now 5 :) What is odd, as i write in the question, is that the "department" groups are not even returned by getent, even though they have members in them directly. Jan 27, 2015 at 15:19
  • OK. We will get there, I'm sure. 1. Are you using "sss" in /etc/nsswitch.conf? You need it on the end of the lines for passwd, group, netgroup, and possibly sudoers. 2. getent group will not enumerate all your AD groups so you can't grep. But you can do getent group _groupname_ and it will perform a lookup on the named groupname. I've also confirmed that my getent group _groupname_ really does unroll nested group memberships. Jan 27, 2015 at 21:02
  • Damnit, i figured it out. The group search based missed a critical aggregation group that was between the users and the permission groups. Its working splendidly. Except for one group that is a member of domain users in OU=users,DC=cmp,DC=dk. This should add the group to all users, but it does not. But that is a minor annoyance i can work around:) Jan 28, 2015 at 11:55
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According to the logs SSSD was also complaining about a malformed filter: (&(sAMAccountName=localUser)(objectclass=user)((null)=*))

Looks like you're using ID mapping along with the LDAP (not AD) provider in which case you need to configure the ldap_user_objectsid value:

ldap_user_objectsid = objectSid

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