reassign 322011 libc6 thanks works ok for me on a current unstable system. please close the report, if that was a now fixed bug report in libc6.
paul maragakis writes: > Package: bash > Version: 3.0-15 > Severity: normal > > Users from the NIS database cannot use bash or login to > the machine if bash is their defaul shell. Error message is: > -bash: nss_nis/nis-netgrp.c:79: _nss_nis_setnetgrent: > Assertion `malloc_usable_size (netgrp->data) >= len + 1` > failed. > > The bug appeared today after a routine upgrade of the > system. An old bash shell is still running without any > problems. The root can start bash normally, but the > shell gives the same message upon ls -l ~user when user > is in the NIS database. > > It is likely that this bug is related to libc6 and not > bash. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (650, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.8 > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > > Versions of packages bash depends on: > ii base-files 3.1.6 Debian base system miscellaneous > f > ii libc6 2.3.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libncurses5 5.4-9 Shared libraries for terminal > hand > ii passwd 1:4.0.3-39 change and administer password > and > > bash recommends no packages. > > -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
