It sounds like your /etc/nsswitch.conf is set up to only use winbind. Change it to:
Passwd: files winbind Group: files winbind That'll check the local files first, then resort to winbind if nothing local matches. Shannon ____________________________ Shannon Johnson Network Support Specialist / Systems Administrator Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering 224 Reber Building University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 865-8267 ____________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: Ramon Casha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 2:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Samba] validate root locally with winbind > > I have set up winbind successfully, but every time I need to perform any > task > as root, winbind tries to login via the domain server, which gives an > "incorrect password" error. Is there a way to set things up so that the > root > user is only checked against the local passwd/shadow files? > > -- > Ramon Casha > Malta Linux User Group (http://linux.org.mt) > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
