Hi, have you tried using ldapsearch to see if its an issue with nss/pam or an issue with ldap?
I would suggest that your openldap environment is probably working fine (as you seem to have been able to perform the necessary ldapadds) and its probably nss/pam that need fixing. Try reading here: http://wiki.debian.org/LDAP/NSS http://wiki.debian.org/LDAP/PAM Adam. On 29/02/12 20:50, stefano wrote: > hi, > > i started to work with posixAccount objectClass. > > i installed libnss-ldap on debian squeeze server. i configured it during > install time and i modified nsswitch.conf as follow: > > passwd files ldap > group files ldap > shadow files ldap > > and i didn't modify the remains lines. > > i succesfully added a structure.ldif file as follow > > #the root of the directory > dn: dc=amahoro,dc=bi > dc: amahoro > o: amahoro.bi > objectClass: top > objectClass: dcObject > objectClass: organization > > #subtree for the administrators > dn: cn=Administrators,dc=amahoro,dc=bi > cn: Administrators > gidNumber: 100 > objectClass: posixGroup > > i succesfully added a administrators.ldif file as follow: > > #Stefano Malini > dn: uid=name,cn=Administrators,dc=amahoro,dc=bi > cn: Administrators > uid: name > uidNumber: 100 > gidNumber:100 > homeDirectory: /home/name/ > #Name info > cn: Name Surname > sn: Surname > givenName: Name > displayName: Name Surname > #Work info > title: System Administrator > mail: address@mail > #Misc > userPassword: {SSHA}vB/RyxNdsVkwc9dDxEuS/sIGESBAkzTw > objectClass: posixAccount > objectClass: inetOrgPerson > > Now, with getent command-line there is not this user. Why? > > > > >