Bug#498635: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#498635: passwd: useradd -r and groupadd -r don't play nicely with ldap

2008-09-25 Thread Ben Poliakoff
I've been looking at this a bit more, it seems to be related to bug #337253: libc6: getent hangs when called with --service=ldap args http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=337253 In that bug Richard Nelson says: I've moved from libnss-ldap to libnss-ldapd, and am trying to

Bug#498635: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#498635: passwd: useradd -r and groupadd -r don't play nicely with ldap

2008-09-12 Thread Ben Poliakoff
* Nicolas François <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20080911 18:21]: > Hello, > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 09:44:36AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > "useradd -r" and "groupadd -r" hang "forever" when run on a system that > > Does "forever" means "a long time" ? I haven't had a chance to try waitin

Bug#498635: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#498635: passwd: useradd -r and groupadd -r don't play nicely with ldap

2008-09-11 Thread Nicolas François
Hello, On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 09:44:36AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "useradd -r" and "groupadd -r" hang "forever" when run on a system that Does "forever" means "a long time" ? (I assume you made no changes to /etc/login.defs) Do you have a group/user ID with an high value? Do you h

Bug#498635: passwd: useradd -r and groupadd -r don't play nicely with ldap

2008-09-11 Thread Ben Poliakoff
Package: passwd Version: 1:4.1.1-3 Severity: important "useradd -r" and "groupadd -r" hang "forever" when run on a system that is configured to use libnss-ldap (with ldap references for "passwd" and "group" in /etc/nsswitch.conf). I use the following ldap related configs in nsswitch.conf: