[Samba] validate root locally with winbind

[Shannon Johnson]

It sounds like your /etc/nsswitch.conf is set up to only use winbind.
Change it to:

Passwd: 	files winbind
Group: 	files winbind

That'll check the local files first, then resort to winbind if nothing
local matches.

Shannon

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Shannon Johnson
Network Support Specialist / Systems Administrator
Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ramon Casha [mailto:ramon.casha at linux.org.mt]
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 2:32 AM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] validate root locally with winbind
> 
> I have set up winbind successfully, but every time I need to perform
any
> task
> as root, winbind tries to login via the domain server, which gives an
> "incorrect password" error. Is there a way to set things up so that
the
> root
> user is only checked against the local passwd/shadow files?
> 
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> Ramon Casha
> Malta Linux User Group (http://linux.org.mt)
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