Quoting IEM - Network Operation Center <noc@xxxxxx>: > > i also believe that this is a bit blue-eyed. > if you have set up both pam and nss to use ldap (which i have, because i > want my users not only to be able to authorize but also to keep their > permissions when working with files - eg "ls -l" should work) then > pam_unix will send ldap-requests (because of nss); > > i can completely remove all traces of pam_ldap in my pam.d-config and > still authenticate against ldap; > in fact, i only really need pam_ldap to change passwords. > this means, that as long as nss/pam_unix is so full-featured > ("eierlegende wollmilchsau" as we say in german) it is somehow > contradictory to the pam-idea. > > either this solution is really "stupid" or i have missed some important > point > > > mfg.a.sdr > IOhannes > > -- > IEM - network operation center > mailto:noc@xxxxxx You're totally right, it's NSS', not PAM's fault if there are LDAP requests when I login as root. Apparently, there seems to be no solution -- that's a bit of a shame to use the network where it's not required :( Thanks anyway. -- Damiano ALBANI _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list