I'm using mysql-3.23.29-gamma on Solaris 2.6 sparc. I have a multithreaded mysql client that is linked to libmysqlclient_r. On startup, it dumps core after mysql_init() is called. More specifically, the fault is during the getservbyname() call in mysql_once_init(), which is part of libmysql.c. The core dump only happens if /etc/nsswitch.conf specifies: services: files nis and /etc/inet/services does not contain: mysql 3306/tcp It happens during the search of the NIS services map for the mysql service. I can't tell if it's due to a bug in the /usr/lib/nss_nis.so.1 library or something wrong with the way that the function is invoked. If anyone else is running into this problem, the workaround is either to fix /etc/nsswitch.conf or /etc/inet/services. Has anyone seen this problem? I haven't seen the mysql service name documented anywhere. Should it be? -- -Gary Mills- -Unix Support- -U of M Academic Computing and Networking- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php