LDAP removed, passwd: permission denied

nexusdk · 02-25-2013, 08:48 AM

Good day all

I set up a lab environment where students log into Debian via LDAP.
I would like to hand out the Linux image I have made, and therefor attempted to remove ldap (libpam-ldap libnss-ldap etc) on a virtual machine.
After doing this however my root user can no longer log in or run passwd.

Any help will be appreciated.

Kind regards
Nexusdk

shivaa · 02-25-2013, 08:31 PM

Are you getting any specific error like incorrect password?
Also how & where did you remove ldap and after removing that what's method of login into those machines? Please explain it little more..

nexusdk · 02-26-2013, 04:14 AM

Hi

I removed ldap with apt-get remove libpam-ldap libnss-ldap and removed all references to ldap in /etc/pam.d/* and /etc/nsswitch.conf
The new login method would be unix accounts.

When I attampt to log into tty1 the screen flashes quicly, upon which I can read permission denied, and displays the login prompt again.

Kind regards
Nexusdk

shivaa · 02-26-2013, 06:01 AM

What does /etc/nsswitch.conf says in it's passwd section?

nexusdk · 02-26-2013, 07:14 AM

/etc/nsswitch.conf has

passwd: compat