[nzlug] Help: Trouble after LDAP + NSS configuration

[Roland Hill]

Hi,

I've got myself into a pickle :-(

Having (I thought) correctly configured LDAP + NSS, then rebooting (had
a kernel update), I'm stuck with:

udevd: nss_ldap: Can't contact server xxxxxx

This message repeats itself and goes no further.

Seems this is a known bug, but I hadn't depolyed the solution (see below)

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The problem is caused by the usage of the non existing group 'nvram' in
/etc/udev//rules.d/40-permissions.rules:
...
KERNEL=="nvram", GROUP="nvram"
...

When udev starts, is looks up 'nvram'. While 'nvram' could not be found
in /etc/group NSS tries to connect the ldap server. As result the boot
sequence stops.

To fix this problem is very easy: Add the local group 'nvram' to
/etc/groups

After that booting with nss_ldap and bind_policy hard works without any
problem.
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FWIW, here is a link as well:

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/libns s-ldap/+bug/51315

Can somebody advise me how I can use a live CD (I assume) to either
access the pam.d files and revert their settings, or implement the fix?

I'm stuck......bug**r!

-- 
Roland