From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Dodge Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:45:13 +0000 Subject: Re: LDAP stops udev from working Message-Id: <20051028204513.GF8627@basmati> List-Id: References: <2AD792FE1A79F046B908C364C29622F2841467@EX05.ds.umcutrecht.nl> In-Reply-To: <2AD792FE1A79F046B908C364C29622F2841467@EX05.ds.umcutrecht.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 07:17:17PM +0200, Kersten, V.M.E. wrote: > When I switch back (not using the LDAP server) in /etc/nsswitch.conf > all is fine again. What changes did you make to nsswitch.conf to set it up for LDAP? For example did you completely disable lookups in the local passwd/group files? I could imagine that something in the boot sequence tries to read some user information -- such as doing "~foo" to get the home directory for a service account, or converting a UID into a username for logging. If you've removed the use of the local passwd table, then these lookups will have to go out over LDAP, and if networking isn't set up yet then that will obviously fail badly. I don't really understand why this would affect the root device, though. I'd expect your LDAP settings to only kick in after the real /etc (from the root filesystem) is in place. Did you actually make this nsswitch.conf change within an initramfs/initrd? I don't really know much about the debian boot process so maybe I'm overlooking something obvious. -Dave Dodge ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel