NOTE: This is a regression (or design change) from Jaunty. Installing nscd gets rid of this error message when trying to sudo as an ldap user sudo: setreuid(ROOT_UID, user_uid): Operation not permitted
With nscd installed and ldaps and ssl on, I can sudo as an ldap user. In addition, I can su from an ldap user to a local user. However, I cannot su from a local user to an ldap user. nhav...@cslab04:/homes.all/linux/nhavens$ su ladmin Password: lad...@cslab04:/homes.all/linux/nhavens$ su nhavens Password: setgid: Operation not permitted lad...@cslab04:/homes.all/linux/nhavens$ In /etc/ldap.conf, with the following combination, I still get "Operation not permitted" ldaps://********** ssl off The "Operation not permitted" error, when suing from local to ldap users only goes away when I change ldaps://***** to ldap://****** -- NSS using LDAP on Karmic breaks 'su' and 'sudo' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/423252 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs