Re: HELP !! Can not connect as root because LDAP is broken

[Julien <julien@nura.eu>]

hi ! 

you should have a root account in /etc/passwd ? 
try to boot with a live CD, backup your /etc/nsswitch.conf, remove all
ldap entry in this file. You should just have : 

passwd:         compat
group:          compat
shadow:         compat

hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       nis

Reboot.

Additionnaly you can reset the password of the root account, by
modifying /etc/passwd file. your first should be :

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

delete the x to obtain the following line :

root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

now you can login with root account without password and re install your
package.

Julien.


Le vendredi 19 juin 2009 à 14:37 +0100, Thomas Nguyen Van a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I de-installed by mistake from my Debian machine (Lenny 2.6.18-6-686) the following packages:
> ii ldap-utils 2.3.30-5+etch2 OpenLDAP utilities
> ii libldap-2.3-0 2.3.30-5+etch2 OpenLDAP libraries
> ii libldap2 2.1.30-13.3 OpenLDAP libraries
> ii libnss-ldap 251-7.5etch1 NSS module for using LDAP as a naming servic
> ii libpam-ldap 180-1.7 Pluggable Authentication Module allowing LDA
> 
> Since then, I can not log on as root.
> 
> Does anyone knows how to repair the machine?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Thomas 
> 
>