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Re: nsswitch.conf/LDAP



Hi,

(I never configured NSS/LDAP myself)

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 01:22:26PM +0100, Michael Mühlbauer wrote:
> I have a problem with my NSS/LDAP setup. When I set
> 
> passwd:    files [SUCCESS=return] ldap
> group:       files [SUCCESS=return] ldap
> shadow:    files
> 
> in /etc/nsswitch.conf and then enter 'id root' in the shell the NSS
> tries to contact the LDAP server *although* root is contained in
> /etc/passwd, /etc/group (and /etc/shadow) and can thus be
> authenticated without inquiring the LDAP server.
> 
> So what I want is, to have users be authenticated via LDAP only when
> they are *not* in the passwd/group files. How do I  archieve this?

In most installations, /etc/shadow contain local password setting.

Why not
> shadow:    files [SUCCESS=return] ldap

(passwd only contain account public info.)


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