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libnss-ldap package

  1. Bug #155947
  2. Comment #81

Comment 81 for bug 155947

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote : Re: ldap config causes Ubuntu to hang at login

I modified the title of this bug from "hang at reboot" to "hang at login".

Hanging at boot is a little misleading, as a boot hang generally points to a kernel bug, which we are sure this is not.

Rather, this bug manifests itself by prompting the user for login credentials, and then hanging because an LDAP server is not available. In all reproductions of this bug, the console is responsive to pressing enter, is pingable, and toggling numlock/capslock flashes the LEDs.

Furthermore, the fact that the last message shown was "Starting kernel log daemon" is entirely a timing issue with Upstart (I was eventually able to reproduce this, see the attached screenshot). This was misleading, as the login prompt was displayed as soon as possible, with Upstart continuing through it's startup measures. Scott has fixed this as reported in another bug, see: Bug #65230. Now, Upstart will delay printing the login prompt on tty1 until all init scripts have completed.

:-Dustin