ldap, boot problems, login problems

[slidgey]

Hi All,

I just set up LDAP according to instructions at http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/w...DAP_and_RADIUS

I can login as ldapuser from my client when using a text interface but when I try through the regular graphical login my username and password are not accepted. Any ideas why this might be?

Also, when I reboot the computer hangs for a long time on "starting system message bus". The only way I have found to fix this is to remove all references to ldap from the nsswitch.conf file. Anyone know why that might be?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

[ibbo]

There is most definately something amis with your ldap config.

If your using FC5 try upgrade to the lastest version for many issues have been fixed (or appear to have been). Also try disable radius and tls (unless you need a secure ldap infastructure).

I ran into these issues many times under FC5 but have yet to come across them in FC 6 or 7

Ibbo

[slidgey]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I'm not using Radius and I am using Fedora core 7, not 5.
Is there a current definitive guide to setting up LDAP with Fedora?
Maybe these instructions are incorrect.
Thanks!

[ibbo]

The link you give above contains everything inside it that you need to get this going. I use it as a reference myself. A lot of things though are trial and error.

Have you taken a look at http://directory.fedoraproject.org/

Perhaps this is addressed and fixed when using this. I have not ried it yet but have had my eye on it for a few months now.

Ibbo

[slidgey]

Hey Thanks. Do you use LDAP right now?
The one thing I guessed about was the suffix to use (dc=example,dc=com).
I have a longer domain name so I just extended it (dc=my,dc=friggin,dc=long,dc=domain,dc=ca).
I don't really understand what these "domain components" are all about.
I've made some progress. I can now log in normally with my ldap users but the computer still hangs forever on various things at boot time... back to the drawing board I guess.