A low entropy pool may be a contributing factor, but something definitely changed between libnss-ldap 238 and 251.
With libnss-ldap 238-1.2 installed $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail; \ getent passwd user_in_ldap; \ cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail 3585 passwd entry here 129 So with libnss-ldap 238, you see the same drain on the entropy pool (from ~3500 down to ~200). However, you don't experience the same problems with libnss-ldap 238 as you do with libnss-ldap 251 (mainly everything getting a SIGPIPE with 251). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]