Am 28.11.2013 04:38, schrieb aurfalien: > Hi, > > I rebooted a old Centos 5 box and now its stuck in an ever increasing timeout loop; > > nss_ldap: reconnecting tl LDAP server (sleeping # seconds).... > > This happens before network services starts. > > Any one know how I can break out of this? > > I tried booting in single user mode from the grub menu but no dice, the thing keeps nss_ldap looping. > > Thanks in advance, > > - aurf Either wait long enough at a normal boot process or add "confirm" to the kernel line at grub while booting and skip the ldap service to start. I guess it is an unpatched old box and the issue has already been solved by an update. Alexander