To get Debian to enumerate your Active Directory users in linux , you need to update /etc/nsswitch.conf

nano /etc/nsswitch.conf

add “winbind” to the passwd and group lines. if you have “compat” in the line, put in like this:

passwd:         compat winbind
passwd_compat:  winbind
group:          compat winbind
group_compat:   winbind

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