 | | | Can 't login to server that uses LDAP if no network | Can 't login to server that uses LDAP if no network 2005-06-20 - By Tim Edwards
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We've noticed a problem with our RHEL3 machines that are setup in the
nsswitch.conf file to authenticate of both local files and LDAP. With
these machines if they are rebooted and the network doesn't come up then
they will not allow you to login, even as the root user.
The network issues we had were simple cases of wrong IP addresses in
config files, eg. wrong gateways, wrong IP addresses on interfaces,
interfaces being switched around etc. Once the nsswitch.conf was edited
to remove any LDAP references (using the recovery mode on the RHEL
install CD) the machine boots up and logs in normally.
Is there anyway to fix this so that even if there's no LDAP available
the machine will still allow you to login as a local user (ie. root)
without having to edit nsswitch.conf and disable LDAP authentication?
Thanks
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Tim Edwards
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