I leave u the output of nsswitch.conf file [root@viruswall etc]# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf # # /etc/nsswitch.conf # # An example Name Service Switch config file. This file should be # sorted with the most-used services at the beginning. # # The entry '[NOTFOUND=return]' means that the search for an # entry should stop if the search in the previous entry turned # up nothing. Note that if the search failed due to some other reason # (like no NIS server responding) then the search continues with the # next entry. # # Legal entries are: # # nisplus or nis+ Use NIS+ (NIS version 3) # nis or yp Use NIS (NIS version 2), also called YP # dns Use DNS (Domain Name Service) # files Use the local files # db Use the local database (.db) files # compat Use NIS on compat mode # hesiod Use Hesiod for user lookups # [NOTFOUND=return] Stop searching if not found so far # # To use db, put the "db" in front of "files" for entries you want to be # looked up first in the databases # # Example: #passwd: db files nisplus nis #shadow: db files nisplus nis #group: db files nisplus nis passwd: files nisplus shadow: files nisplus group: files nisplus #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns hosts: files nisplus dns # Example - obey only what nisplus tells us... #services: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #networks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #protocols: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #rpc: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #ethers: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #netmasks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files ethers: files netmasks: files networks: files protocols: files nisplus rpc: files services: files nisplus netgroup: files nisplus publickey: nisplus automount: files nisplus aliases: files nisplus > Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 10:21:41 -0500 > From: m.roth2006@xxxxxxx > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Problems with IDs > > Matias Nicolas wrote: > > Permissions are all the same. in passwd, group and shadow. I mean, > > permissions in the machine with the problem, are the same as in the machine > > that is working correctly. I've checked the lines within those files... they > > look the same as in the machine it works... I don't know what it may be... > > Ok, next question: when did this start happening? What changed on the machine, > that it worked one day, and didn't the next? > > Also, are your logins *local*, or are you using ldap, or something else? What's > in /etc/nsswitch.conf? > > mark > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out! http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009-- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list