On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Oded Arbel wrote:
> setting the nolocal option causes 2 things -
> 1. any user that doesnt exist in the local password file still can't log on,
> because getpwnam() fails
> 2. the root can't login (unless there exist a user "root" in the PDC) ;-)
i think you should be able to configure pam so that it checks root's
password against a local copy, rather then against the PDC. this is
important, in case your machine breaks (or its network connectivity
breaks) and you need to login as root in order to fix the problem.
--
guy
"For world domination - press 1,
or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
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