How about a patch to libnss-ldap to respect an environment variable to force soft binding? Something like 'if (getenv("NSS_LDAP_BINDPOLICY_SOFT" != 0 && getuid() < 100)) { /* force soft bind regardless of ldap.conf */ }'
-- libnss-ldap: calls to initgroups() causes boot to hang when using 'bind_policy hard' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155947 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs