On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Patrick Wolfe wrote:
> I have one SLES 10 SP2 VM configured with ldap authentication, and the "id"
> command works just fine. My /etc/nsswitch.conf "passwd" and "group" lines
> are set to "compat", not "files ldap".
If you are using "compat", then the "+:..." lines in /etc/passwd and
/etc/group are appropriate (they are what signal the lookup in LDAP for
the compat method). If you're using "files ldap" then you don't need the
"+..." lines.
For the OP, what do "getent passwd" and "getent group" return?
Steve
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