[Samba] shell changed from root@ to administrator@
suphakit at gmx.com
suphakit at gmx.com
Mon Feb 23 11:44:33 GMT 2009
Thank you Michael, I want to replace my Windows fileserver with Linux
and I also use it as authentication server for domain users (Windows)
Best Regards,
Tom
here is my /etc/nsswitch.conf file:::
#hosts: db files nisplus nis dns
hosts: files 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 ldap
rpc: files
services: files ldap
netgroup: files ldap
publickey: nisplus
automount: files ldap
aliases: files nisplus
Michael Heydon wrote:
>
>> Can any one help me why my server always automatically changed from
>> [root at abc] to [administrator at abc]?
>> I found out that when I repeat this command ,it will change back to
>> [root at abc]
>>
>> [administrator at abc] authconfig-tui
>>
> If it is anything like my system, root is a local user (defined in
> /etc/passwd) while administrator is defined in ldap with the same UID.
> It sounds like your system is using LDAP to resolve the username
> before passwd.
>
> What does your /etc/nsswitch.conf look like?
>
> I suspect that the Redhat/Centos support people might be more
> knowledgeable about this stuff, as far as I can see your problem has
> nothing to do with samba.
>
> *Michael Heydon - IT Administrator *
> michaelh at jaswin.com.au <mailto:michaelh at jaswin.com.au>
>
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