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Re: I have no name!



On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 05:01:53PM +0100, Denis Witt wrote:
> On 12.12.2011 16:44, Craig White wrote:
> 
> >>>     I am using openldap-2.4.19-4.x86_64 on fedora 12 machine. I am facing
> >>>the  'I have no name !' while I do ssh on client machine(All user info is
> >>>getting propagated to client machines properly (checked with getent
> 
> >>are you using nscd (Name Service Cache Daemon)? If so uninstall it and the error should be gone. See google for details.
> 
> >>If you want to verify before uninstall just restart/stop nscd and check if the name is shown.
> 
> >FTR - I don't personally care for nscd very much but it seems that with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS that I am forced to use it or my host-based ACL's (pam_check_host_attr yes) will fail.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> please always reply to the list, thanks.
> 
> Another "solution" might be to restart nscd every hour (or
> something), it seems that the cache is refreshed then and everything
> works fine.
> 
> Bye.
> 
> 

I don't use nscd on any Ubuntu host here, but then I don't use pam_check_host_attr either. For per-host logins I use puppet to configure nslcd with a host-specific ldap filter. That way your group/host information is centrally controlled as well.