Bug #507089
"My (jcollins) home directory is sshfs mounted to a remote server on my network 
using pam_mount. This is what happens when I try to run thunderbird:
jcollins@joewks:~$ thunderbird
Segmentation fault
jcollins@joewks:~$

When I log in as a user (jcollins-local) without a sshfs mounted home
directory, thunderbird runs fine."


>> I ran into the exact same symptoms as described by jcollins today after 
>> replacing the mainboard in my PC. Before that, Thunderbird was working 
>> reliably and was in use every day since 2013 on this machine. If logging in 
>> to my network where /home is on a NFS share, Thunderbird quits with 
>> "segmentation fault" during program start. If starting locally (logged in as 
>> local user), Thunderbird starts successfully. De- and re-installation didn't 
>> help. NSCD is on newest version.
We use LDAP for network user authentification (not for email).

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Title:
  thunderbird shredder always segfaults on startup with LDAP auth in
  nsswitch

Status in SeaMonkey:
  New
Status in Mozilla Thunderbird:
  Confirmed
Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: thunderbird

  If nsswitch.conf is set with:

  passwd:         compat ldap
  group:          compat ldap
  shadow:         compat ldap

  My ldap config does work as I'm using it for login authentication.

  thunderbird-3.0 always segfaults:

  0 %> thunderbird-3.0
  Segmentation fault
  0 %> thunderbird-3.0 --g-fatal-warnings 
  Segmentation fault
  139 %> thunderbird-3.0 -options           
  Segmentation fault
  139 %> thunderbird-3.0 -safe-mode
  Segmentation fault
  139 %> thunderbird-3.0 -ProfileManager
  Segmentation fault
  139 %> 

  ...even with no .thunderbird-30 dir:

   %> thunderbird-3.0 -ProfileManager 
  *INFO* No /users/bedge/.thunderbird-3.0 detected. Create it from 
/users/bedge/.mozilla-thunderbird
  Segmentation fault
  0 9:12:52 bedge@ice  ~
  139 %> 

  Changing nsswitch back to NIS works:

  passwd:         compat nis
  group:          compat nis
  shadow:         compat nis

  1 %> dpkg -l thunderbird\*
  Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
  | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
  |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
  ||/ Name                        Version                     Description
  
+++-===========================-===========================-======================================================================
  ii  thunderbird                 2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0 mail/news client 
with RSS and integrated spam filter support
  ii  thunderbird-3.0             3.0~rc3~micahg+nobinonly-0u mail/news client 
with RSS and integrated spam filter support
  ii  thunderbird-3.0-gnome-suppo 3.0~rc3~micahg+nobinonly-0u Support for Gnome 
in Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0
  ii  thunderbird-dispmua         1.6.4.3-1ubuntu1            Display Mail User 
Agent extension (transitional package)
  ii  thunderbird-gnome-support   2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0 Support for Gnome 
in Mozilla Thunderbird
  ii  thunderbird-locale-en-gb    1:2.0.0.14+1-0ubuntu2       Thunderbird 
English language/region package
  ii  thunderbird-nostalgy        0.2.16+svn151-1ubuntu1      keyboard shortcut 
extension for thunderbird
  ii  thunderbird-quickfile       0.17.0.0011-0ubuntu4        faster mail 
filing for the Thunderbird mail client
  ii  thunderbird-traybiff        1.2.3-4.2ubuntu2            traybiff - new 
mail alert for thunderbird

  
  WORKAROUND: Installing the nscd package solves this issue in most cases.

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