On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Jim Christiansen < [email protected]> wrote:
> Do you need to re-make/build the nis/yp make file? I can't remember the > jargon, but after adding new users you need to rebuild the nis database if I > rmember. I've been stuck on that for an hour or two in the past. > Well ... I'm not sure why that would be needed as I'm not using nis but ldap and the passwd file. I did forget to restart nscd but ... it is all moot at this point as my brand new server can't find the disk drives/Raid array anymore. I used the ext4 filesystem and had a similar issue with my other 32bit server. That I corrected by going back to ext3. I'll re-install with ext3 and try again. There are some comments that ext4 has trouble with some hardware, and maybe I'm just one of those lucky few. > Well ... I tried following what I thought were the correct instructions for > getting ubuntu to authenticate against my existing ldap server (which is > based on RHEL 5). After installing auth-config and ldap-auth-config, > answering all of the questions, specifying the existing ldap server using an > IP address ... etc. I couldn't use su - someuser to become that user. The > error was simply "user not found" .. So, I > locatedhttp://mcwhirter.com.au/node/25 which also mentioned nsswitch.conf > modifications. On my CentOS LTSP servers, the changes mentioned exist, so I > added the changes on this ubuntu server. And ... I could then su - someuser > and I was logged in as that user in the correct (nfs-mounted) home > directory. > > I then logged out and tried to log in at the console as that user. It > doesn't work. So ... I ssh'ed into the server as that user which did work. > > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > >
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