Thank you Michael, I want to replace my Windows fileserver with Linux and I also use it as authentication server for domain users (Windows)
Best Regards, Tom here is my /etc/nsswitch.conf file::: #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns hosts: files dns # Example - obey only what nisplus tells us... #services: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #networks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #protocols: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #rpc: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #ethers: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #netmasks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files ethers: files netmasks: files networks: files protocols: files ldap rpc: files services: files ldap netgroup: files ldap publickey: nisplus automount: files ldap aliases: files nisplus Michael Heydon wrote: > >> Can any one help me why my server always automatically changed from >> [r...@abc] to [administra...@abc]? >> I found out that when I repeat this command ,it will change back to >> [r...@abc] >> >> [administra...@abc] authconfig-tui >> > If it is anything like my system, root is a local user (defined in > /etc/passwd) while administrator is defined in ldap with the same UID. > It sounds like your system is using LDAP to resolve the username > before passwd. > > What does your /etc/nsswitch.conf look like? > > I suspect that the Redhat/Centos support people might be more > knowledgeable about this stuff, as far as I can see your problem has > nothing to do with samba. > > *Michael Heydon - IT Administrator * > micha...@jaswin.com.au <mailto:micha...@jaswin.com.au> > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
