nslcd outputs the messages "request denied by validnames option"
Issue
- The error below is seen in /var/log/messages:
nslcd[1667]: [3f1dc7] <passwd="*.al"> request denied by validnames option
- What's the cause of the message output?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- nss-pam-ldapd
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