On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 17:56 -0400, Mark Hennessy wrote: > Quoting Craig White <craigwhite at 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