Template: libnss-ldapd/nsswitch Type: multiselect Choices: aliases, ethers, group, hosts, netgroup, networks, passwd, protocols, rpc, services, shadow _Description: Name services to configure: For this package to work, you need to modify your /etc/nsswitch.conf to use the ldap datasource. . You can select the services that should be enabled or disabled for LDAP lookups. The new LDAP lookups will be added as last option. Be sure to review these changes. Template: libnss-ldapd/clean_nsswitch Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Remove LDAP from nsswitch.conf now? LDAP is still configured for name lookups for the following services: ${services} but the libnss-ldapd package is about to be removed. . You are advised to remove the entries if you don't plan on using LDAP for name resolution any more. Not removing ldap from nsswitch.conf should, for most services, not cause problems, but host name resolution could be affected in subtle ways. . You can edit /etc/nsswitch.conf by hand or chose to remove the entries automatically now. Be sure to review the changes to /etc/nsswitch.conf if you chose to remove the entries now.