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nsswitch.conf: is there a daemon I need to restart?
When I modify /etc/nsswitch.conf, is there an "nss" daemon I should restart? I am not referring to modules such as mdns & nis.
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Can nss/pam ldap send password to ldap server already hashed?
I have nss & pam configured so that I can authenticate linux users via LDAP against my companies AD server. All works fine except password are sent in plain text. For reasons out of my control our ...
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Purpose of `[NOTFOUND=continue]` in nsswitch.conf?
I see the following configuration in /etc/nsswitch.conf:
shadow: files [NOTFOUND=continue] ldap
Is there any purpose to the [NOTFOUND=continue] action? Isn't this functionally the same as the ...
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Samba/Winbind issues joing to Active directory domain
I'm currently in the process of setting up winbind/samba and getting a few issues.
I can test connectivity with wbinfo fine:
[root@buildmirror ~]# wbinfo -u
hostname username
administrator
guest
...
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Debian and active directory authentication
I'm trying to link a debian server authentication to active directory.
I followed this tutorial: http://wiki.debian.org/Authenticating_Linux_With_Active_Directory but I'm stuck on the
getent passwd
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What do compat mean in name service switch?
What do compat mean in name service switch? /etc/nsswitch.conf
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use of [!NOTFOUND=return] in nsswitch.conf
Has anyone come across the use of this config for passwd and groups config in nsswitch.conf? Where I'm working I've been told it's been shown to help situations where a group exists both locally and ...
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Since when the linux host utility ignores /etc/hosts? [closed]
I was struggling trying to find out the reason why the linux host utility was ignoring my /etc/hosts file until I find the answer to my question here: hosts file seems to be ignored:
With this ...
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How to poll the username, when having the UID?
we're using ldap with sssd for the usermanagement, so our users are not in the "/etc/passwd"
Unfortunately, ps just shows the UIDs:
[root@xyz ~]# id jmw
uid=1582(jmw) gid=1582(jmw) groups=1582(jmw), ...
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Make likewise use password file first for logins
Is there a way I can make likewise check the passwd file first? Currently, nsswitch.conf does say files first. However, when I tried to log into the box as the root user, it was hanging until I ...
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openldap + active directory + nested groups + nss
I'm using nss and openldap on linux to get a list of passwd entries from active directory. I'm getting all the users from a nested group by doing
nss_base_passwd ...
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Solaris 11 nsswitch.conf messed up, need to edit it from an alternate kernel
Ok, so I was editing the name-service/switch service and messed up my nsswitch.conf, I overwrote the "passwd = files" with "passwd = filesasdf" so now I can't auth to the server when I boot that ...
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PAM, nsswitch and LDAP configuration
I have a technical and precise question about two type of configuration about LDAP, pam configuration files and nsswitch.conf.
Wich is the difference between the passwd_compat configuration and the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 VPS doesn't boot with mysql in nsswitch.conf
1and1 VPS ("dynamic cloud server") does not boot any more as soon as mysql lookup is enabled in nsswitch.conf - any suggestions appreciated.
Minimal setup to reproduce the problem:
install Ubuntu ...
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TCP wrapper cannot resolve netbios addresses?
I recently reconfigured my Linux systems to exchange their hostname via NetBios name server, in broadcast mode.
Basically, it means that I appended wins in the hosts line of /etc/nsswitch.conf; I ...
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Autofs Ubuntu 12.04 SSSD module for nsswitch unsupported
I have a network environment using kerberos authentication, ldap for authorization, and kerberized nfs4 home folders for all the clients. All the machines are currently running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I ...
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getent passwd fails, getent group works?
I've almost got my AD integration working completely on my OpenSUSE 12.1 server. I have a OpenSUSE 11.4 system successfully integrated into our AD environment. (Meaning, we use ldap to authenticate to ...
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libpam_ldapd - pam_ldap(sshd:account): 'Could not identify user'
I'm attempting to test the install procedure for libpam_ldapd on an Ubuntu/Debian Virtual machine.
I have the nscd / nslcd services off, and I'm watching the output from nslcd -d and ...
