Package: libc6 Version: 2.7-6 Severity: important Investigating a problem with asterisk not starting, I found that start-stop-daemon was segfaulting when fed a group.
/etc/nsswitch.conf has not been modified. /etc/group starts with the standard root:x:0: daemon:x:1: bin:x:2: sys:x:3: adm:x:4: tty:x:5: disk:x:6: lp:x:7: mail:x:8: news:x:9: uucp:x:10: man:x:12: proxy:x:13: kmem:x:15: .... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/debug/ gdb --args /tmp/start-stop-daemon --start --group bin --exec /bin/sleep -- 10 GNU gdb 6.7.1-debian Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/debug/libthread_db.so.1". (gdb) run Starting program: /tmp/start-stop-daemon --start --group bin --exec /bin/sleep -- 10 Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. *__GI_strcmp (p1=0xbfa09f17 "lp", p2=0x0) at strcmp.c:39 39 strcmp.c: No such file or directory. in strcmp.c (gdb) bt full #0 *__GI_strcmp (p1=0xbfa09f17 "lp", p2=0x0) at strcmp.c:39 s1 = (const unsigned char *) 0xbfa09f18 "p" s2 = (const unsigned char *) 0x0 c1 = 108 'l' c2 = 36 '$' #1 0xb7de5b6d in _nss_compat_initgroups_dyn (user=0x0, group=2, start=0xbfa0a3c0, size=0xbfa0a3e8, groupsp=0xbfa0a3e4, limit=65536, errnop=0xb7de989c) at nss_compat/compat-initgroups.c:216 buflen = 1024 tmpbuf = 0xbfa09f10 "lp" status = <value optimized out> intern = {files = 1, stream = 0x804f9a8, blacklist = {data = 0x0, current = 0, size = 0}} #2 0xb7e7cad6 in internal_getgrouplist (user=0x0, group=2, size=0xbfa0a3e8, groupsp=0xbfa0a3e4, limit=65536) at initgroups.c:105 prev_start = 1 cnt = <value optimized out> nip = (service_user *) 0x804e668 fct = (initgroups_dyn_function) 0xb7de5940 <_nss_compat_initgroups_dyn> status = -1209697043 no_more = <value optimized out> start = 1 __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "internal_getgrouplist" #3 0xb7e7ccbd in initgroups (user=0x0, group=2) at initgroups.c:206 size = 64 groups = (gid_t *) 0x804f7c0 ngroups = <value optimized out> result = -1 limit = 65536 #4 0x0804ab75 in main (argc=8, argv=0xbfa0a520) at ../../utils/start-stop-daemon.c:1423 i = <value optimized out> devnull_fd = -1 tty_fd = -1 -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (99, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-hrt1 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libgcc1 1:4.3-20080116-1 GCC support library libc6 recommends no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]