================================================================================ /var/ldap /etc/pam.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group /etc/defaultdomain svcadm enable ldap/client ================================================================================ ldaplist -h ldaplist -l passwd ps -ef | grep slapd Use the value after the -D cd //bin/slapd/server ./ns-slapd -D //slapd- -V cd //bin/slapd/server/64/ ./ns-slapd -D //slapd- -V //slapd-/logs/ //slapd-/config/dse.ldif ================================================================================ /etc/.ldap_cache_door If they are anything less than that, change the permissions and attempt a login. If it still does not work, move to step2. If the permissions are equal to, or greater than, those permissions, move to step2: 2) I would like to gather a truss and snoop output from the login process. to perform a truss on the login process: on the client which you are logging into, open a terminal window and start a truss on the inetd process: # truss -o /tmp/truss.out -vall -leafD -wall -rall -p to perform a snoop on the login process: #./snoop -rq -o /tmp/snooplclient.out ================================================================================