On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 10:58 -0400, seth vidal wrote: > Because root can typically login b/c: > root account/pw is local > root homedir is local Yes, I understand why root can log in in this scenario, on a technical level. I'm questioning its usefulness. > root can fix the problem if it's just a futzed network adapter. You expect normal users in an LDAP setup to be able to debug their network adapter? And for sysadmins to want to give them the root password just for this scenario in the first place?