Bug#191082: libc6: random nss lookup results
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
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