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Re: nssswitch.conf



On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 04:34:04PM +0200, goudy wrote:
> I have a problem with my authentification.
> This is a part of my nsswitch.conf :
> passwd:         compat	ldap
> group:          compat	ldap	
> shadow:         compat	ldap
> 
> I have an account in /etc/passwd (toto) and another one with ldap (titi)
> When i do "su toto" LDAP server is responding, why ?? toto is only in
> /etc/passwd
> When i do "su titi" LDAP server has no reaction and i have an error :
> "unknown id : titi". Why does it doesn't ask to the LDAP server ?

Depending on your libc and nss_ldap implementation, you may be
querying the server for additional supplemental group information.

If you're using the PADL nss_ldap, there's a list dedicated to it
at nssldap@padl.com which is probably a better forum for questions
of this sort.

Cheers,

Nalin