> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Simran Hansrai > Sent: Fri 1/2/2004 5:01 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Possibly Hacked > > Okay, now this might make a little more sense.. the error message: > > simran@hostnames password: > Permission denied, please try again. > simran@hostnames password: > Unable to find an authentication method > > I tried to deploy an ldap server on this host before leaving and > reverted my changes since I was unable to get ldap up and running at the > time. I did check my nsswitch.conf file and it shows for passwd, group > and shadow files first and then ldap. So this should not be the cause > but I might be missing something else. Hopefully I am on the right > track.. Could this be the issue? > > -Simran > > Nsswitch isn't the only factor here. PAM would be doing your > authentication. > > If you don't have a LDAP server available then disable it for > authentication. > There was a bug in RH <= 8 where if you have configured PAM to use LDAP > and the LDAP server goes unavailable that local logins will break also. > A fix was to change a line in /etc/pam.d/system-auth, but if you aren't > using LDAP at all then you should disable it entirely via authconfig. > > -Steve > Thanks Steve.. per your recommendation I disabled LDAP using authconfig and retried my local logins and everything seems to be working normally now.. -Simran -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
