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Serial console
If the machine is only providing serial output during bootup, then it may not have been configured for serial logins. Check that the
/etc/inittab
file contains a line like
T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
which tells init to start the program to provide login prompts.
The original kernel shipped with Debian sarge has a broken serial driver for Ultra 5s. The version in the security updates should work.
Getting user information from [[ldap]]
Make sure that
nscd
is installed, otherwise bad things may happen.
Lots more should go here, but doesn't have time right now.
Authenticating with [[ldap]]
Canonical
/etc/pam.d/common-auth
:
# ** Use trick from /usr/share/doc/libpam-ldap/README.Debian # auth [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so nullok_secure auth required pam_ldap.so use_first_pass auth required pam_permit.so
Note the
use_first_pass
option. Without it logins will ask for a password for pam_unix, then one for pam_ldap, and so on, causing every other attempt to enter your password to fail even when you get it right.
Some more should go here, but doesn't have time right now.
See also
Other stuff that should be documented here, but isn't
- Configuring machines to pass mail on to the mail hub
- Configuring ntp