I'm using openLDAP on SL 4. I used authconfig to use LDAP, which modified nsswitch.conf and pam.d/system-auth. I can also login via the local console port. Everything works if the network is up. If the network is down (I simulate this by removing the network cable), When I try to login via the console port as a user defined locally, after 60 seconds I get a 'Login timed out' message. I tried adding a -t 120 to the mgetty line in /etc/inittab, but I still get a 60 second timeout. I modified the timeouts in /etc/ldap.conf from 30 to 10 seconds, but no luck. nsswitch.conf lines that include ldap are all like this: files ldap I know what is happening - I'm trying to contact the LDAP server, and the network is timing out. How do I lengthen the login timeout, or get LDAP or the network to timeout within the 60 seconds? Thanks for any help or ideas. ------------------ snippet ldap.conf # Search timelimit #timelimit 30 timelimit 10 # Bind timelimit #bind_timelimit 30 bind_timelimit 10 ------------------------ -------------------- pam.d/system-auth #%PAM-1.0 # This file is auto-generated. # User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run. auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_env.so auth sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok auth sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_ldap.so use_first_pass auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so account required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so broken_shadow account sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_succeed_if.so uid < 100 quiet account [default=bad success=ok user_unknown=ignore service_err=ignore system_err=ignore authinfo_unavail=ignore] /lib/security/$ISA/pam_ldap.so account required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_permit.so password requisite /lib/security/$ISA/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 password sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so nullok use_authtok md5 shadow password sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_ldap.so use_authtok password required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_limits.so session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so session optional /lib/security/$ISA/pam_ldap.so ~ -- Bill Feero Logical Solutions, Inc.