On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 12:40 +0300, Vassilis Vatikiotis wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > And the compat option is not for NIS lookups, it works with > > > every other service, too. > > Right, I didn't know that. Good to know. > > > > What you mean is, that the +::::: notation in passwd/shadow files > > > was used in libc5 without NYS to support NIS, > > Yes you put much better.... my powers of expressiveness in english are > lacking Im afraid > > I was using the compat option with the + notation in my /etc files but I > was under the impression that since the compat option was "outdated", it > was a good thing to change it. The "files nis" in nsswitch.conf works, > meaning that lookups, local and NIS, work but still there is this > problem. Why, after a successful "files" lookup, the control doesn't > return to the caller function and goes on initiating a conversation with > the NIS server? Don't know if that conversation is a lookup or something > else to be honest. There might be for example lookup for some group which is non-existant in local /etc/group. Do you have pam_access.so in the pam configs? Or pam_limits.so? And if yes what are the contents of access.conf and limits.conf? -- Tomas Mraz No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back. Turkish proverb _______________________________________________ Pam-list mailing list Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list