[bug #22505] id command fails to retrieve group info when nss_ldap is used

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URL:
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                 Summary: id command fails to retrieve group info when
nss_ldap is used
                 Project: GNU Core Utilities
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thursday 03/06/08 at 18:39 UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

coreutils-6.10

By just installing nss_ldap and adding it to passwd, group and shadow in
/etc/nsswitch.conf, the below happens:

address@hidden ~]# id miura
uid=501(miura) gid=502(miura)id: failed to get groups for user `miura': No
such
file or directory

but:
address@hidden ~]# getent passwd miura
miura:x:501:502::/home/miura:/bin/bash
address@hidden ~]# getent group miura
miura:x:502:

Notice that it is not even required to have an ldap server around, nor to
configure /etc/ldap.conf.

Downgrading to coreutils-6.9 makes the problem go away.

I tracked it to a change in getugroups() and came up with the attached
patch.




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Date: Thursday 03/06/08 at 18:39 UTC  Name: coreutils-6.10-groupfix.patch 
Size: 463B   By: None

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=15198>

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