nsswitch.conf [NOTFOUND=return] prevents further processing of entries when server unavailable in RHEL 5

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • In /etc/nsswitch.conf under sudoers, "[NOTFOUND=return]" causes abortion of lookup on ldap failure

  • When the ldap server is unavailable, using the following rule the local files will never be consulted:

    sudoers: ldap [NOTFOUND=return] files

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5

  • nss-ldap prior to version 253-42.el5

  • netgroup configured for ldap first in /etc/nsswitch.conf

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