On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Carlos S wrote: > Changed system-auth config to use LDAP. > > The sshd config is configured to use PAM. I am not sure whether it > load that file at daemon start or refers to it every time a login > attempt with password is made. > > When would it be requiring restart in general? Make sure you restart nscd before trying anything else. If * you're doing LDAP over SSL, * you've configured LDAP to verify peers against a CA certificate, * that cert was not in place when you did the system-auth changes, then sometimes a reboot seems the easiest way out. I suspect that I haven't played enough with tricks like "telinit u" to figure out the real magic. All I know is that a mid-stream switch to LDAP/SSL doesn't always "take" easily. -- Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/