getent.ldap command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

getent.ldap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: getent.ldap: command not found

Solutions to getent.ldap: command not found

How To Fix getent.ldap: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu getent.ldap is provided by nslcd-utils package.

nslcd-utils is:

This package provides tools to query and update information in LDAP via nslcd:

• chsh.ldap - change a user’s shell in LDAP;
• getent.ldap - perform LDAP lookups bypassing nsswitch configuration.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install nslcd-utils

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install nslcd-utils.

sudo apt -y install nslcd-utils

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install nslcd-utils

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix getent.ldap command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.