Hello,

I have configured nss/pam on a REDHAT6 box to authenticate users against an ldap : it works but I have a problem with getting my favorite user shell when I log in.

The "loginShell" shell attribute sounds to not been used to provide users with their favorite shell when they log in : may be I misunderstood the usage of this "posixAccount" attribute ?

Thanks for your help, see below for additional indications :

$ ssh olivier@redhatbox.example.fr olivier@redhatbox.example.fr's password: < MY LDAP PASSWORD>

RHN Satellite kickstart on 2011-06-16

##################### # redhatbox.example.fr # # # # Hello # #####################

sh-4.1$ grep olivier /etc/passwd <returns nothing (no local entry for olivier)>

-sh-4.1$ pwd

/home/olivier (my home directory found in ldap)

-sh-4.1$ env | grep -i shell SHELL=/bin/sh ( my shell user environnment is not picked in ldap)

sh-4.1$ ldapsearch -D uid=olivier,ou=staff,ou=people,dc=example,dc=fr -W uid=olivier

Enter LDAP Password: < MY LDAP PASSWORD>

# olivier, staff, people, example.fr dn: uid=olivier,ou=staff,ou=people,dc=example,dc=fr cn: Olivier G gidNumber: 18000 homeDirectory: /home/olivier objectClass: top objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: shadowAccount sn: olivier uid: olivier uidNumber: 1000 shadowLastChange: 15282 loginShell: /bin/tcsh givenName: Olivier mail: olivier@example.fr userPassword:: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-sh-4.1$ cat /etc/shells /bin/sh /bin/bash /sbin/nologin /bin/tcsh (my favorite shell is allowed) /bin/csh

ANY HELP ???

Thanks

--- Olivier