use of syslog by pam_unix

Igmar Palsenberg maillist at jdimedia.nl
Tue Mar 29 09:44:01 UTC 2005


> from getpwnam(3):
> 
>     "The getpwnam() and getpwuid() functions return a pointer to the passwd
>     structure, or NULL if the matching entry is not found"
> 
> Thus, if the user does not exist in /etc/passwd (but does exist in ldap), pwd
> will be NULL, causing the logging condition to occur.

You're suppose to have nss_ldap installed if this should succeed. This is 
the way to go. No problem if you ask me.



	Igmar




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