Our configuration is a NIS network with Linux PCs. As soon as I do "rsh" to one of these PCs it triggers a netgroup request and that leads to a segfault in nscd.
This is the stdout of "nscd -d". Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: handle_request: request received (Version = 2) from PID 30398 Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: GETFDHST Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: handle_request: request received (Version = 2) from PID 30398 Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: GETHOSTBYADDR (172.17.2.127) Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: handle_request: request received (Version = 2) from PID 30398 Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: GETFDPW Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: provide access to FD 5, for passwd Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: handle_request: request received (Version = 2) from PID 30398 Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: GETFDNETGR Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: provide access to FD 11, for netgroup Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: handle_request: request received (Version = 2) from PID 30398 Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: INNETGR (general) Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: Haven't found "general (hamina.tasking.nl,,)" in netgroup cache! Thu 12 Jul 2012 09:16:34 AM CEST - 29485: Haven't found "general" in netgroup cache! Segmentation fault Perhaps this bug has always been present. But now that these extra lines were added in the /etc/nscd.conf (see previous comment) it pops up. So, indeed the workaround is to remove these extra lines. Or just say "enable-cache netgroup no". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997096 Title: nscd segmentation fault To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/997096/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs