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Marian POPESCU
softexpert at libertysurf.fr
Wed May 10 14:51:25 UTC 2006
Andy Green wrote:
> Andy Green wrote:
>> Andy Green wrote:
>>
>>> This file is something to do with NIS auth. Are you set up for NIS
>>> auth to your knowledge?
>>
>> If not, run
>>
>> system-config-authentication
>>
>> as root and see what your situation is. If NIS is enabled and you
>> didn't want it, disable it. My default situation has everything on the
>> first property page of system-config-authentication turned off, and only
>> "use shadow passwords" and "use MD5 passwords" turned on at the second
>> property page.
>
> Lol that advice might not be so useful if you can't run anything as
> root. Here is a default /etc/default/nss below... all comments. I
> guess you can rename you existing /etc/default/nss and just do
>
> touch /etc/default/nss
>
> and maybe things can be happier.
>
> -Andy
>
>
> # /etc/default/nss
> # This file can theoretically contain a bunch of customization variables
> # for Name Service Switch in the GNU C library. For now there are only
> # two variables:
> #
> # NETID_AUTHORITATIVE
> # If set to TRUE, the initgroups() function will accept the information
> # from the netid.byname NIS map as authoritative. This can speed up the
> # function significantly if the group.byname map is large. The content
> # of the netid.byname map is used AS IS. The system administrator has
> # to make sure it is correctly generated.
> #NETID_AUTHORITATIVE=TRUE
> #
> # SERVICES_AUTHORITATIVE
> # If set to TRUE, the getservbyname{,_r}() function will assume
> # services.byservicename NIS map exists and is authoritative,
> # particularly that it contains both keys with /proto and without /proto
> # for both
> # primary service names and service aliases. The system administrator
> # has to make sure it is correctly generated.
> #SERVICES_AUTHORITATIVE=TRUE
It was nsswitch.conf !
I had previously (about 3 weeks ago) modified nsswitch.conf to something
like this
passwd: compat winbind
shadow: compat
group: compat winbind
and I could login all the time without problems.
Somehow, after updating the system to latest kernel an dbus versions, it
started to play the foul ...
As soon as I put
passwd: files compat winbind
shadow: files compat
group: files compat winbind
and restarted the system, I could login as root or whatever I wanted.
It's weird, though ...
A big THANK YOU to all of you for the advices and the time spent for my
problem!
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