the default /etc/nsswitch.conf reads: .. services: db files protocols: db files rpc: db files ethers: db files .. and when there's no libnss_db, the db look-up fails libnss_db should be provided by glibc but isn't. Reproducible: Always workaround: switch db and files option in nsswitch.conf # emerge --info Portage 2.1.4.4 (hardened/x86/2.6, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.23-hardened-r7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.23-hardened-r7 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.53GHz Timestamp of tree: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r9 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.uni-c.dk/pub/gentoo/ http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo " LANG="da_DK" LC_ALL="da_DK" LINGUAS="da en" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="apache2 berkdb bzip2 cracklib crypt hardened imap ipv6 libwww maildir midi mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly pam php pic png python readline sasl ssl tcpd unicode urandom x86 xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="mouse keyboard" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="da en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mach64 mga neomagic nsc nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga vmware voodoo" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Hardened uses the same glibc as vanilla and does nothing to touch any glibc conf files. Reassigning to toolchain
glibc should not be providing libnss_db.so
If glibc shoudn't provide libnss_db.so*, should >=sys-libs/glibc-2.3 block nss-db? Or does there need to be a libnss-db ebuild?
(In reply to comment #2) > glibc should not be providing libnss_db.so > Quesiton, why not? It comes with the software package. Is there an effort to modularize glibc or at least the nss-libs it provides? hesiod, nis, dns, compat and nisplus all are installed by glibc.
vapier: please change the default nsswitch.conf to NOT use db OR put in a RDEPEND on sys-libs/nss-db.
i dont see why either needs to be done. as documented, nsswitch.conf behavior is: if service ("db" in this case) is not found, then the lookup process continues (and so it looks at "files"). which means no libnss_db shouldnt cause a problem. in fact, seems to work just peachy for me: $ strace -f -eopen getent passwd root |& egrep '(libnss|root)' open("/lib/libnss_compat.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/libnss_nis.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash $ strace -f -eopen getent services ftp |& egrep '(libnss|ftp)' open("/lib/tls/i686/sse2/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/tls/i686/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/tls/sse2/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/tls/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/i686/sse2/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/i686/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/sse2/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/tls/i686/sse2/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/tls/i686/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/tls/sse2/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/tls/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/i686/sse2/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/i686/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/sse2/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 ftp 21/tcp
