Brian Marshall wrote, On 07/15/2010 11:37 AM: > Yes but I have worked in many organizations that use directory services for > authentication and my machines with them have always cached authentication > data so I can login if I'm not online. I can't expect laptop users to always > have a network connection. If Mac OS and Windows can manage to cache network > authentication for offline use, I can't believe that linux does not have this > capability. > > Perhaps my wanting to cache my shadow data or use nscd for this purpose is > not the correct way to achieve this. But the only other well discussed option > I have found is nsscache which doesn't seem to work very well and their > library doesn't seem to install on centos 5. Unfortunately I'm way to much of > a hack C programmer to fix it, especially since they don't provide a > configure file. > > So, assuming maybe we put the conversation of nscd shadow caching aside and > just talk about how to cache ldap data on a centos system so it can > authenticate users in the absence of a network. Creating local > passwd/group/shadow data is not an option. > > Again, I can't stress this enough. I am convinced I am doing something wrong > or going about this the wrong way. I'm just not understanding how to either > fix the problem at hand or solve it another or proper way. > > Any advice?
authconfig -help authconfig --enablecache --update For some of the folks I work with, it works quite reliably, I on the other hand have had problems _because_ it caches the info. > > Thanks > > Brian > > On Jul 15, 2010, at 4:58 AM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > >>> The problem I am having is that shadow does not seem to get cached by >>> nscd. Here's how I have tracked this down. >> NSCD not caching shadow user credentials is a fact. There is nothing wrong >> with your configuration. NSCD just does not do what you seem to expect >> from it. You can't make it what you like to. >> >> If your LDAP server is gone, you will not be able to login. Run a replica >> server to avoid a single point of failure. >> >>> Brian >> Alexander >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
