At Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:09:50 +0200, Robin Farine wrote: > If /etc/nsswitch.conf contains: > > passwd: files ldap > group: files ldap > shadow: files ldap > > and the LDAP server isn't reachable, nobody can login. If I remove > the ldap service from each of these lines then root can login on > the console. > > However, if I try to login as root on the console many times with > the above configuration and the LDAP server unreachable, it finally > succeeds.
This means that if "ldap" is added in nsswitch.conf, then root cannot login on the console, but after a lot of trial, finally root can login? > Please note that I performed these tests without having nscd running. Why don't you use simply "compat"? Regards, -- gotom