Ubuntu
libnss-ldap package

  1. Bug #155947
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 155947

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tuharsky (tuharsky) wrote : Re: ldap config causes Ubuntu to hang at a reboot

I have reported the duplicate of this at #156562:

I have installed libnss-ldap and related packages in order to authenticate against LDAP server.
During installation, I have been asked for server information, LDAP version etc.
However, this information has been placed NOWHERE in /etc. It seems that Ubuntu simply drops the information! It dosent set up ANY needed configuration for LDAP auth!
Strange, that there is /etc/ldap.conf both with /etc/ldap/ldap.conf (this one is not efective, all rows commented)

Then I managed all the needed files manually: /etc/ldap/ldap.conf, /etc/ldap/ldapserver, /etc/pam.d/login, /etc/pam.d/common-account, /etc/nsswitch.conf and so on. I did it the way that has WORKED with Feisty Fawn and Debian Etch before.

After reboot, system fails to boot. It stops on "Starting kernel log daemon" forever.

When I set passwd, group and shadow parameters in nsswitch.conf back to "compat", it starts normally, however when I set them to "compat ldap files", fails to boot again.