On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 17:56 -0400, Mark Hennessy wrote:
Quoting Craig White craigwhite@azapple.com:
well, it hardly makes any sense to use ldap for user accounts and start up with networking off but I would recommend that you adhere to the advice at the top of the file and run 'authconfig' or 'system-config-authentication', make sure the settings are correct (including checking the box for local authentication is sufficient) so that it configures not only /etc/pam.d/system-auth and nsswitch.conf
Yes, I agree, it makes no sense to operate a machine with ldap accounts if it has no network connection, but at least one should be able to log in as root. To clarify, here's the problem: I have a machine. In normal operation, the network connection is non-functional and LDAP accounts are usable and everyone does their thing over ssh. If the network connection craps out, I can get into the machine via serial console and try to find out what's going on, perhaps switch to a different network connection, whatever. If I can't log in as root, my only recourse is to powercycle the machine and go into single-user mode. Now, multiply that by 100. This is why I need to get this working.
---- sounds like you're trying to fix a symptom, not the problem.
anyway, did you run authconfig/system-config-authentication ?
Craig