[Bug 20994] Re: GDM login hangs when using ldap

[skwashd]

I forgot to update this, but in dapper as of a few weeks ago this now seems to be fixed.  In gnome 2.14 there seems to be some better error handling.

I will list some gotcha here for google to find and hopefully help others:

* you must use TLS/SSL or gdm will refuse to use ldap auth - double check that is using tls/ssl
* Double check your user permissions in ~/ -   chmod go-wx ~/.dmrc  and chmod go-x ~/ (minimum)

I also found it seems to be a little faster with nscd (in universe and little broken) and "files ldap" in my nsswitch instead of "ldap files" which I suspect because the queries are cached the system accounts/groups are not failing ldap lookup before being checked in files.

I still have a spare box I can throw breezy on if it will help, but I am pretty confident it is fixed in dapper.

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GDM login hangs when using ldap
https://launchpad.net/bugs/20994