samba - Feb 2009 - shell changed from root@ to administrator@

Hi,

Can any one help me why my server always automatically changed from
[root@abc] to [administrator@abc]?
I found out that when I repeat this command ,it will change back to
[root@abc]

[administrator@abc] authconfig-tui

?????????????????? Authentication Configuration ????????????

[*] Cache Information [*] Use MD5 Passwords
[*] Use Shadow Passwords
[*] Use LDAP [*] Use LDAP Authentication



??????????????????? LDAP Settings ?????????????????
? Server: ldap://192.168.1.1:389/_________________ ?
? Base DN: dc=abc,dc=com___________________ ?




This is my server detail:

PDC: CENTOS 5.1 + SAMBA + FEDORA DIRECTORY SERVER

Thank you,
Tom

> Can any one help me why my server always automatically changed from
> [root@abc] to [administrator@abc]?
> I found out that when I repeat this command ,it will change back to
> [root@abc]
>
> [administrator@abc] authconfig-tui
>   
If it is anything like my system, root is a local user (defined in 
/etc/passwd) while administrator is defined in ldap with the same UID. 
It sounds like your system is using LDAP to resolve the username before 
passwd.

What does your /etc/nsswitch.conf look like?

I suspect that the Redhat/Centos support people might be more 
knowledgeable about this stuff, as far as I can see your problem has 
nothing to do with samba.

*Michael Heydon - IT Administrator *
michaelh@jaswin.com.au <mailto:michaelh@jaswin.com.au>

Thank you Michael, I want to replace my Windows fileserver with Linux
and I also use it as authentication server for domain users (Windows)

Best Regards,
Tom

here is my  /etc/nsswitch.conf file:::

#hosts:     db files nisplus nis dns
hosts:      files dns

# Example - obey only what nisplus tells us...
#services:   nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#networks:   nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#protocols:  nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#rpc:        nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#ethers:     nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#netmasks:   nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files    

bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files

ethers:     files
netmasks:   files
networks:   files
protocols:  files ldap
rpc:        files
services:   files ldap

netgroup:   files ldap

publickey:  nisplus

automount:  files ldap
aliases:    files nisplus




Michael Heydon wrote:
>
>> Can any one help me why my server always automatically changed from
>> [root@abc] to [administrator@abc]?
>> I found out that when I repeat this command ,it will change back to
>> [root@abc]
>>
>> [administrator@abc] authconfig-tui
>>   
> If it is anything like my system, root is a local user (defined in
> /etc/passwd) while administrator is defined in ldap with the same UID.
> It sounds like your system is using LDAP to resolve the username
> before passwd.
>
> What does your /etc/nsswitch.conf look like?
>
> I suspect that the Redhat/Centos support people might be more
> knowledgeable about this stuff, as far as I can see your problem has
> nothing to do with samba.
>
> *Michael Heydon - IT Administrator *
> michaelh@jaswin.com.au <mailto:michaelh@jaswin.com.au>
>