Help with pam and ldap please [SOLVED]

[Per olof Ljungmark]

> I have successfully configured four hosts with ldap/pam/nss on 5.2.1.
> Now, on a fifth one, it simply does not work.
> - Configuration files are identical
> - ldap directory is identical and works
> but:
> as soon as I apply nsswitch.conf and ldap settings in /etc/pam.d/ 
> authentication ceases to work.
> 
> Anybody with some experience from this has an idea? What information do 
> I need to supply?
> 
> /etc/passwd and group are identical to the four working hosts
> 
> ldap.conf and nss_ldap.conf are very basic and identical to the four 
> working hosts.

openldap21-server portrevision was bumped to 2.1.28 in between and 
apparently that broke my nss configuration. Install of openldap21-server 
2.1.27 fixed the problem.