[K12OSN] Problem with student logins

[John Lucas]

On Friday 02 February 2007 11:04, Brian Chivers wrote:
> I've setup a k12ltsp box and I've almost got it working authenticating
> against our existing OpenLDAP server.
>
> If I do a getent passwd from the server I get all our users but if I try to
> login at the k12ltsp screen it appears to login but then boots you straight
> out.
>
> If I login at a CLI I can login but get this error message
>
> id: cannot find name for user ID 4492
>
> you can't access anything in the the users home directory.
>
> Any ideas how to fix this ?
>
> Brian
> Portsmouth College
>

You don't give any details about Linux distribution etc. but have you checked 
to make sure that the name service switch (NSS) is also using LDAP? 
Authentication is one thing, but home directory, group membership etc. is 
another that goes beyond authentication and is handled by NSS.

-- 
        "History doesn't repeat itself; at best it rhymes."
                        - Mark Twain

| John Lucas                          MrJohnLucas at gmail.com               |
| St. Thomas, VI 00802                http://mrjohnlucas.googlepages.com/ |
| 18.3°N, 65°W                        AST (UTC-4)                         |