Thanks Rob. I'm using Samba/LDAP so I don't think that's the same problem per se. However I did just find a possible workaround from Peter Childs. Thanks Peter, I'm giving it a test now.
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg34448.html On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Rob Owens <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a similar problem a while back after upgrading Samba (sorry I > can't remember which version). Authentication to my 2003 Active > Directory server took *forever*. I solved it by downgrading to the > previously working Samba, and have since upgraded to a newer Samba with > no trouble. > > During my investigation, I read a post that suggested > unjoining/rejoining the domain may be a fix. > > -Rob > > Ryan Stepalavich wrote: >> Dell PowerEdge 1650 >> Dual PIII 1.1GHz >> 4GB RAM >> 36GB HDD (RAID 5) >> LTSP 4.2 >> RHEL 4 >> IceWM >> >> Everything else is as updated as updates allow on RHN (exception: Samba >> is at 3.0.25b-1.el4_6.5 due to compatibility issues with NT Domain >> Authentication). >> >> Our users try to log in, and at varying intervals, they'll hang at >> login. The login screen disappears, greeting them with a blank blue >> screen. What's SUPPOSED to happen is the blue screen appears, then the >> Red Hat "loading" splash screen shows up, and their environment loads. I >> have to slay that user, have the user reboot, then go >> /usr/sbin/gdm-safe-restart. Then, they are greeted with the login >> screen, they login again, and everything runs fine. >> >> What the heck is going on with this? I've got 5 servers, and it's >> happening (randomly) across all 5 of them (clones of one another, both >> hardware and software). >> > ******************************************************** > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, > copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this transmission in > error please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail. > E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted lost, destroyed, arrive late or > incomplete, or contain viruses. > The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions > in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail > transmission. If verification is required please request a hard copy > version. > > ******************************************************** > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
