Re: [FC2] pam_ldap and root user

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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


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