Re: problem with PAM and LDAP
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:22, Jørgen Hermanrud Fjeld wrote:
> On Wednesday 22. August 2001 18:14, Russell Coker wrote:
> ......[Deleted]..............
>
> > Also as a further complication, I want to have pam_unix.so listed before
> > pam_ldap.so so that if there is a network problem causing LDAP timeouts I
> > can still login as root.
>
> you can use the
> ... pam_unix_auth.so try_first_pass
>
> So if LDAP fails, you wait a while, then log in with ldap
Unless "a while" happens to be longer than the login program is prepared to
wait, in which case it is impossible to login and you have to boot from
rescue disks or do something equally nasty. Been there, done that.
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