Richi Plana wrote: > Hi, > > I recently set up fedora-ds and managed to configure several FC5 > machines to authenticate and get user information from the LDAP server. > Unfortunately, the laptop isn't always connected to the network so when > it boots up, the process hangs when it tries to start the "message bus". > I figure the process blocks when it tries to change UID to that of the > dbus user. When the machine isn't connected to the network (ie. no cable > and wireless isn't available), the process just hangs. > > Any suggestions on fixing this? > Probably some /etc/nsswitch.conf logic will do the trick e.g. passwd: ldap [NOTFOUND=return] files shadow: ldap [NOTFOUND=return] ffiles group: ldap [NOTFOUND=return] ffiles And use /usr/sbin/useradd to add a local (i.e. non-ldap) dbususer. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3178 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20060726/ee330764/attachment.bin