Now that you brought up README.Debian, let me ask another question. It suggests using
passwd: files ldap [UNAVAIL=return] group: files ldap [UNAVAIL=return] But I fail to see how it can be different from leaving off the bracketed parts altogether. After all ldap is the final source, thus the search can't continue anyway... On the other hand, udevd doesn't fail after timing out (the output is the same with or without the above brackets): INIT: version 2.86 booting Starting the hotplug events dispatcher: udevdudevd[816]: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server... udevd[816]: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server (sleeping 1 seconds)... udevd[816]: nss_ldap: could not search LDAP server - Server is unavailable udevd[816]: lookup_group: error resolving group 'scanner': Illegal seek [...] udevd[816]: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server (sleeping 1 seconds)... udevd[816]: nss_ldap: could not search LDAP server - Server is unavailable udevd[816]: lookup_group: error resolving group 'rdma': Illegal seek . Synthesizing the initial hotplug events...done. Since libnss_ldap-2.7.so and its symlink from libnss_ldap.so.2 reside in /lib, it isn't yet clear to me how a separate /usr partition can influence this. That may be a red herring only... -- Thanks, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]