The reason I have this problem, I am running ACL on the server side, so I need to do two steps on the client side not one: One the client side: 1) run authconfig will update this 2 lines on /etc/ldap.conf "base ou=people,dc=domain,dc=com" "host ldap_server_name.domain.com" 2) edit /etc/ldap.conf binddn "cn=Manager,dc=domain,dc=com" bindpw "ldappassword" rootbinddn "cn=Manager,dc=domain,dc=com" Can we make a SUMMERY for all of the fix, it will be easy for all of us when we search , just the problem and the fix and in the subject line "SUMMERY for ....." -- Sincerely, Rezk Mekhael Manager of Systems At 01:09 PM 9/20/2004, Rezk Mekhael wrote: Hi managers, I have two redhat machines acting in an openldap client/server role. Whenever I try to log in to the openLdap client with my user ID registered in the LDAP directory you got the following message before getting a shell prompt : "Cannot find name for user ID..." but I am authenticated just fine, but I can retrieve my user ID using "id" but I can't see account name only I can see the ID not the account >name >login: my >Password: >Last login: Fri Sep 17 13:18:58 from oscar.abcz.com >id: cannot find name for user ID 670655 >robles11.abcz.com> ls -l >total 32 >-rwxr-xr-x 1 670655 36 4375 Sep 30 1999 dead.letter >drwxr-xr-x 2 670655 36 4096 Jul 10 18:37 mail >-rw-r--r-- 1 670655 36 19968 Feb 15 2000 ResearchReviewAccept >34.doc robles11.abdz.com> > > >It is the same problem in this link > >http://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-list/2004-May/msg00911.html > > >any idea > > >-- >Sincerely, >Rezk Mekhael > >Incoming / Outgoing Mail scanned for known Viruses by CLUnet(R) Incoming / Outgoing Mail scanned for known Viruses by CLUnet(R) _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list