I don't believe this is attributable to NIS, but a more generalized problem (and I would expect the general problem to effect current versions of the passwd package too).
I'm running into a similar sort of difficulty here, except the package I've got interacting in a bad way is libnss-db. Mainly, `useradd` doesn't get the user/group DBs rebuilt when adding users/groups. This will almost certainly be a problem for any of the NSS modules that change where users/groups are stored or their formats. Looking at the list of packages, this will almost certainly effect anyone who has one or more of: libnss-db, libnss-extrausers, libnss-ldap, libnss-ldapd, libnss-mysql, libnss-mysql-bg, libnss-pgsql2, or libnss3-1d packages installed. I'm unsure whether this is a flaw in `useradd`; or whether this is a fault with libpam/libnss for not defining APIs to modify entries, in addition to retrieving them. -- (\___(\___(\______ --=> 8-) EHM <=-- ______/)___/)___/) \BS ( | e...@gremlin.m5p.com PGP F6B23DE0 | ) / \_CS\ | _____ -O #include <stddisclaimer.h> O- _____ | / _/ 2477\___\_|_/DC21 03A0 5D61 985B <-PGP-> F2BE 6526 ABD2 F6B2\_|_/___/3DE0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
