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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > > Using the second guide I got as far as running 'getent passwd' from a > terminal when logged on as a local user and it does list the passwd file > (or at least something that looks like the passwd file) on the server. > I can also get information about the users with ldapsearch. > The problem is, when I try and login at the Ubuntu login screen (or at > the login prompt on the text console) it doesn't recognise the user, or > at least it comes up with an incorrect password. What do you have in your PAM configuration. Specifically /etc/pam.d/common-account and /etc/pam.d/common-auth Unless /etc/pam.d/login has a reference to pam_ldap.so /bin/login isn't even going to bother to look at any LDAP server. > > I just wondered if anyone had any details of how to set this up. I'm > not sure if it helps but the userPassword is set to crypt (with a load > of extra characters next to it, which I presume is the password encrypted). > > Below are details of the /etc/ldap.conf and /etc/ldap/ldap.conf: If 'getent passwd' is returning something which looks sensible then you probably do have /etc/ldap.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf more or less correct. > I did also try authenticating against a Samba 3 domain (both manually > configuring PAM and with Likewise-Open) but that doesn't seem to work > either. It's probably even more important to know what is in your PAM configuration. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI/jwUsoRLMhsZpFcRAnUeAJ0afWXyEdSX+Vr4q7hNNUa3uSvlIACdHuC3 HLKaECeaSnA+MumU5/P4rUA= =Hdv+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html