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Date:      Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:07:23 +0100
From:      =?iso-8859-1?Q?Markus_=D6rebrand?= <Markus.Orebrand@operax.com>
To:        <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: LDAP and Linux compatibility
Message-ID:  <33656995C5C5094A983DE84DA649A9244A004F@lulex02.ad.operax.com>

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Markus =D6rebrand         Markus.Orebrand@operax.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-security@freebsd.org=20
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-security@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of=20
> Markus =D6rebrand
> Sent: den 7 februari 2006 15:54
> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org
> Subject: LDAP and Linux compatibility
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> While this is a fairly old thread, there may still be people=20
> looking for
> the *correct* answer for this question (at least I were 10 minutes
> ago...)
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> So, the problem is that some applications (acroread7 in this case)
> refuse to start when run on a NIS or LDAP (client?), with a message
> containing:
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> GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id
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> See more about the problem in previous posts in this thread.
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> The resolution is to edit /compat/linux/etc/nsswitch.conf, and change
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>   passwd:     files
>   shadow:     files
>   group:      files
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> to:
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>   passwd:    db files nisplus nis
>   shadow:    db files nisplus nis
>   group:     db files nisplus nis
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> LDAP clients should also have 'ldap' after 'nis' in these rows.
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> By the way, editing /etc/nsswitch.conf is the way to go to set lookup
> priorities for PAM in Linux.=20
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