My machines are configured with LDAP authentication following the Ubuntu Server guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/serverguide/C/openldap-server.html#openldap-auth-config
You may want to try reproducing that configuration... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/865093 Title: pam_acct_mgmt error prevents lightdm to start Status in Light Display Manager: New Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The greeter is not started for the following error: [+0.88s] DEBUG: pam_acct_mgmt(0x9f9fde8, 0) -> 6 (Permission denied) Full lightdm.log is attached. Got on Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot with latest updates installed: $ dpkg -l lightdm ii lightdm 1.0.0-0ubuntu4 Display Manager To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/865093/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

