what does getent passwd
says? those are the real users that your system knows about, and those are the ones being cached by nscd. reloading nscd forces them to be inserted into the cache: /etc/init.d/nscd reload hope that helps -- nscd sometimes fails to find a user (causing lost mail) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/102761 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs