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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]]
The
libnss-ldap
package handles fetching account information from LDAP. Also make sure that
nscd
is installed, otherwise bad things may happen.
To tell
libnss-ldap
where to look, you need to edit the
/etc/libnss-ldap.conf
. At the very least, you'll need to give the host and base (
dc=tardis,dc=ed,dc=ac,dc=uk
).
To tell libc to use
libnss-ldap
, you need to amend the appropriate lines in
/etc/nsswitch.conf
:
passwd: files ldap group: files ldap shadow: files ldap
The other databases are best left alone; we don't bother putting host information or such like in LDAP because we don't see much benefit.
The
getent
program is useful for testing.
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.
Multiple VLANs
Some systems need to appear on several VLANs, most notably the router. First, add
8021q
to the end of
/etc/modules
so that the kernel knows how to deal with the VLAN tagged packets. (Use
modprobe 8021q
to load it immediately if you don't want to reboot.) Then install the
vlan
Debian package, and add extra stanzas to
/etc/network/interfaces
for the new VLANs. For example,
# Admin VLAN
auto eth0.1
iface eth0.1 inet static
address 192.168.1.6
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
where
eth0.1
means VLAN number
1
on interface
eth0
. Finally, configure the switch so that the port is on the extra VLANs.
Logging to the [[log_host]]
To make syslog send logs to the log host, put
*.* @loghost
into /etc/syslog.conf. It is a good idea to keep the local logging too, in case of network problems.
See also
Other stuff that should be documented here, but isn't
- Configuring machines to pass mail on to the mail hub
- Configuring ntp
- Booting our suns from the LAN
- Installing munin