Hey since this morning I(nonrrot user) am not able to log into my system with my username. I am using redhat linux kernel release 2.6.9-5.ELsmp. I aslo found the folowing output for chkconfig command:
[root@Station130 ~]# chkconfig --list|grep ldap
ldap 0: off 1: off 2: off 3: off 4: off 5: off 6: off
can anyone help me in getting out of this?



Thanks in advance.

service ldap start

So how were you are to get the (correct) result of getent passwd if you were not able to login in?

Ya, I am able to login now. It's some mistake I did with my LDAP configuration.
So, I disabled the LDAP configuration and used MD5 password authentication.
But, there is a problem. All working fine except that I am getiing some folder name like
"Somebody's Home" instead of "Ashok's Home" on my Desktop and my system got slow while accessing my folders/files in my filesystem.
Also, when I try to open my terminal I am getting the commandline as:
id: cannot find name for user ID 516
[I have no name!@Station130 ~]$

Can you please assist me?
Thanks in advance.

For your kind information the contes of different files are as follows.
Contents of passwd file:

[root@Station130 ~]# cat /etc/passwd
 .........
 Ashok:x:516:516::/home/Ashok:/bin/bash
.........

[root@Station130 ~]# cat /etc/group
 .........
 Ashok:x:516:
.........

[I have no name!@Station130 ~]$ ls -l /home
 drwx------  30 516 Ashok    4096 Dec  3 13:58 Ashok