[K12OSN] LDAP login nightmare

[Les Mikesell]

On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 16:36, David Trask wrote:
> "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
> Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at 5:01 PM +0000 wrote:
> >I think at least one full system reboot is needed to tell the server
> >itself to authenticate to the local LDAP server and not the local unix
> >accounts.  Until then things are stupid.
> 
> I belive it's PAM that needs to initialize....hence the need for the
> reboot.

I haven't set this up myself but since several people have mentioned not
being able to log in at all I assume that the scripts only allow LDAP
authentication when installed.  Wouldn't it be safer to continue to
accept password file authentication, at least until a final step when
you are sure LDAP is working?

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   Les Mikesell
    les at futuresource.com