On 05/02/2010, at 3:16 AM, Sean Carolan wrote: >> What is listed in your /etc/nsswitch.conf for passwd, shadow and group? > > Here's what I have on one of the clients: > > passwd: files ldap > shadow: files ldap > group: files ldap > >> If you do not have an entry for 'files' then the local /etc/{passwd,shadow,group} files will not be searched. > > Should it not try "files" first? I'm still seeing that when the LDAP > server is down, I can't log onto the client machines at all. Logging > in as root works, but logging in as a normal user doesn't. Any > suggestions? Yes, it should... This may be a silly question, but -- if you remove/disable the LDAP config, can you log in with the local account? -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users