This is a race which occurs when a laptop is using NIS or other non-local name service and there are temporary failures in getpw* family of functions due to it being unavailable until the network is up.
This occurs even if groups like powerdev, etc are local as long as the user is served by the network based name service. The workarounds are: 1. Configure caching in nscd to ensure that it does not expire relevant information. 2. If using a NIS slave on a laptop configure ypbind/ypserv to NOT use hal and to be local only. Some of these can be detected in postinst or even at startup and produce warnings to the sysadmin/user. Brgds, -- Understanding is a three-edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth. --Kosh Naranek A. R. Ivanov E-mail: aiva...@sigsegv.cx WWW: http://www.sigsegv.cx/ pub 1024D/DDE5E715 2002-03-03 Anton R. Ivanov <ariva...@sigsegv.cx> Fingerprint: C824 CBD7 EE4B D7F8 5331 89D5 FCDA 572E DDE5 E715 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org