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4b3e99e should improve the situation

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@AdSchellevis the addition of lines 142 through 149 would not have helped prevent the situation I got myself into. My problem was not understanding that I MUST select Local Database and newly added LDAP server from the Server drop down menu. I would propose the following changes instead.

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Go to :menuselection:System --> Settings --> Administration and under the Authentication section at the bottom, choose local database and your newly added LDAP server from the Server dropdown.

...Warning::

If you don't chose both "Local Database" and your newly added LDAP server from the Server dropdown you could be locked out of the system if LDAP authentication isn't working.

Because I explicitly followed the instructions at Step 3 to change the authentication to only the newly added LDAP server, I effectively locked myself out when I logged out of the web GUI before importing the users and appropriately setting permissions on those users in steps 4 and 5. Had I chosen both "Local Database" and newly added LDAP server from the drop down I would have been fine. I hope the explanation of what I did helps you understand why I think the above changes would have prevented my particular situation. Thanks and have a great day!

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Can’t say I agree here, the document states test and verify first. Teaching people to leave a local backdoor is likely not advisable.

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That's fine if you don't agree. Adding what you wrote in lines 142 to 149 doesn't make things clearer for the situation I encountered and relayed to you. I don't know how else you can get into the system if for some reason you follow the instructions and change the authentication to an LDAP only connection and the LDAP is unexpectedly down for a prolonged period of time. I tried logging in from the VGA console using the root credentials I had set and it would not let me log into the system to do anything. So other than re-installing everything from scratch and re-storing a previous backup, I was effectively locked out of the system. Anyway, my issue is resolved.

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