Hi all, I'm new to LDAP and want to use nss_ldap (version 253) against a centos directory server (version 8.1.0) running on the same host. The great mystery is, that as root everything works find, but as any other local user, it does not: root$ getent passwd [...] ldap:x:55:55:LDAP User:/var/lib/ldap:/bin/false ns:*:4000:4000:Nicolai Stange:/home/ns:/bin/bash root$ su some_local_user - some_local_user$ getent passwd [...] ldap:x:55:55:LDAP User:/var/lib/ldap:/bin/false some_local_user$ It just hangs for a while after printing the local user 'ldap' on the screen and then exits without displaying the ldap-user 'ns'. Instead /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-ldap/access the following lines appear: [20/Jul/2010:21:48:38 +0200] conn=14 fd=65 slot=65 SSL connection from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.2. [20/Jul/2010:21:48:38 +0200] conn=14 op=-1 fd=65 closed - Encountered end of file. The only entries in my /etc/ldap.conf are those: tls_cacertfile /etc/nss/ca.example.org-cert.pem tls_cert /etc/nss/nss-cert.pem tls_key /etc/nss/nss-key.pem The nss-{key,cert}.pem may be used to bind at the following DN: dn: cn=nss,ou=Special Users,dc=example,dc=org objectClass: top objectClass: person cn: nss sn: nss Again: It works for user root! $ ls -l /etc/ldap.conf /etc/nss/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9186 Jul 20 22:05 /etc/ldap.conf /etc/nss/: total 12 -rw------- 1 root root 1261 Jul 19 23:16 ca.example.org-cert.pem -rw------- 1 root root 1289 Jul 19 23:16 nss-cert.pem -r-------- 1 root root 1821 Jul 19 23:16 nss-key.pem $ Setting ownerships to world readable, e.g. $ ls -l /etc/ldap.conf /etc/nss/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9186 Jul 20 22:05 /etc/ldap.conf /etc/nss/: total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1261 Jul 19 23:16 ca.example.org-cert.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1289 Jul 19 23:16 nss-cert.pem -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1821 Jul 19 23:16 nss-key.pem $ doesn't change anything. Just for completeness the entry for the ldap-user 'ns': dn: uid=ns,ou=People,dc=example,dc=org objectClass: top objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: person cn: Nicolai Stange displayName: Nicolai Stange sn: Stange givenName: Nicolai initials: NS uid: ns mail: nicolai.stange at example.org preferredLanguage: de, en;q=0.8 homeDirectory: /home/ns uidNumber: 4000 gidNumber: 4000 loginShell: /bin/bash userPassword: {SSHA}some_ssha_encrypted_pw I would really appreciate your help, I have no clue what the reason for this could be... Wishes Nicolai