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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The old thread is here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2005-March/002766.ht ml -- Markus Örebrand Markus.Orebrand@operax.com Systems Administrator Operax - Guaranteed QoS > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-security@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-security@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Markus Örebrand > Sent: den 7 februari 2006 15:54 > To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org > Subject: LDAP and Linux compatibility > > While this is a fairly old thread, there may still be people > looking for > the *correct* answer for this question (at least I were 10 minutes > ago...) > > 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: > > GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id > > See more about the problem in previous posts in this thread. > > The resolution is to edit /compat/linux/etc/nsswitch.conf, and change > > passwd: files > shadow: files > group: files > > to: > > passwd: db files nisplus nis > shadow: db files nisplus nis > group: db files nisplus nis > > LDAP clients should also have 'ldap' after 'nis' in these rows. > > By the way, editing /etc/nsswitch.conf is the way to go to set lookup > priorities for PAM in Linux. > > -- > Markus Örebrand Markus.Orebrand@operax.com > Systems Administrator Operax - Guaranteed QoS > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >help
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