Slow Startup with nss_ldap

[Atom Powers]

Try starting ldap first, using rc.d magic.
Try putting 'bind-policy soft" (sp?) in your nss_ldap.conf, ldap.conf

On 8/11/06, Pramod Venugopal <pramod at dvnull.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE system configured as a Samba Server with
> an OpenLDAP backend. I have configured nss_ldap to allow local user
> authentication via LDAP.
>
> However if I reboot this machine for any reason, the bootup process
> gets stuck on named. If I Ctrl-C out of named, it gets stuck again on
> slapd.
>
> However, if i put the original nsswitch.conf back, the machine boots
> up fine and i have to copy the old nsswitch.conf back to get local
> user authentication.
>
> Here is the updated nsswitch.conf file:
> --8<--
> passwd: files ldap
> group: files ldap
> --8<--
>
>  From looking at the logs, it looks like these processes are trying
> to access the ldap server which isnt up since it has not started yet.
> Is there any way I can get past this (other than using the original
> nsswitch.conf and changing back manually)?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Pramod Venugopal
>
>
>
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