This occurs because, on boot, the server it checking all users for all groups, and this takes about a day (depending of your config). Another work-around, the one I opted for, is using the 'nss_initgroups_ignoreusers' in /etc/ldap.conf. At a minimum, you'll need 'root' in the list.
# work-around for the nsswitch group issue nss_reconnect_tries 3 nss_initgroups_ignoreusers root,ldap,named,haldaemon,radiusd,linux_admin
Thanks, Joe
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From: bgmilne@staff.telkomsa.net To: openldap-technical@openldap.org Subject: Re: /etc/nsswitch cause delay in start Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:34:33 +0100 CC: linuxtovishesh@gmail.com
On Wednesday, 25 November 2009 05:55:07 vishesh kumar wrote:
Dear friends
I am facing a unique problem in openldap 2.3.43 on rhel 5. 2. If i specify ldap in /etc/nsswitch.conf like
passwd files ldap shadow files ldap group files ldap
And then start my ldap server, it takes lots of time to start ldap server.
If i remove ldap from /etc/nsswitch.conf , it start immediately.
Can anyone suggest be any solution for this problem.
Easiest workaround is:
echo "bind_policy soft">> /etc/ldap.conf
(Note, this is an nss_ldap issue, and delays during startup of a machine can be seen in the case where OpenLDAP is not running locally)
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