I have been following this somewhat closely as it is affecting me as well. One thing I have tried is logging in as a user, unlike Alexander. I get the same error as he is getting:
User jka is a member of the netgroup leonard, which has an entry in /etc/passwd. Via su: teuber:~# su - jka -su: nss_nis/nis-netgrp.c:79: _nss_nis_setnetgrent: Assertion `malloc_usable_size (netgrp->data) >= len + 1' failed. teuber:~# Via ssh: teuber:~# ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Password: Linux teuber 2.6.8-2-686-smp #1 SMP Thu May 19 17:27:55 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux Last login: Thu Oct 6 16:08:40 2005 from localhost -bash: nss_nis/nis-netgrp.c:79: _nss_nis_setnetgrent: Assertion `malloc_usable_size (netgrp->data) >= len + 1' failed. Connection to localhost closed. teuber:~# In both cases, the shell for user jka is /bin/bash. Debian package versions follow: libc6 2.3.5-6 nis 3.14-2 bash 3.0-15 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]