Further detail. Segfault appears to depend in some mysterious way on group lookup via NIS:
/etc/nsswitch.conf contains: passwd: files nisplus nis compat group: files nisplus nis compat shadow: files nisplus nis compat Bug: su release Segmentation fault Likewise: passwd: files nisplus nis compat group: files nis compat shadow: files nisplus nis compat su release Segmentation fault Whereas: passwd: files nisplus nis compat group: files compat shadow: files nisplus nis compat su release whoami release -- segfault in gepwnam() under amd64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/72882 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
