On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:16:52 +0100, "Bernhard R. Link" <[email protected]> wrote: > package libnss-extrausers > tags 653102 + unreproduceable > thanks > > * Andreas Kloeckner <[email protected]> [111223 22:33]: > > if I add a group in /var/lib/extrausers/group, that group works for > > 'chgrp', say, but it fails for two important use cases: > > > > - users do not pick up that group at login (see 'id' output) > > > > - 'ls' shows numeric for those groups. > > > > Any advice would be appreciated. > >[...] > > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > >[...] > > Versions of packages libnss-extrausers depends on: > >[...] > > ii libc6 2.13-21 > > I do not see the behaviour you describe here using the same versions > and architecture. > > Having it work for the one case but not for the other seems strange. > Could you make sure everyting is as it should be? (extrausers given > in the group line of /etc/nsswitch.conf, there is no group of that name > or gid in other sources (like /etc/group)), the group id is >= 500 > ....)
Ah--having comment/empty lines in 'group' seems to cause the issue. Thanks, Andreas
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