96962 – Netgroup logins no longer working getting malloc error

Bug 96962 - Netgroup logins no longer working getting malloc error

Summary: Netgroup logins no longer working getting malloc error

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High major (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2005-06-24 10:50 UTC by Edward Nichols
Modified:	2005-06-27 09:48 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Edward Nichols 2005-06-24 10:50:19 UTC

Accounts with netgrp entries are failing logins.  Specific error follows.

-csh: nss_nis/nis-netgrp.c:79 _nss_nis_setnetgrent:  Assertation
`malloc_usable_size (netgrp->data) >- len + 1' failed.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Any account entry that is not local to host fails to log in, either at console
or over network (ie ssh).  Attemtp to log in.
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Error message displayed, connection closed.

Comment 1 Edward Nichols 2005-06-24 13:47:15 UTC

I recompiled glibc with the "nomalloccheck" option, and still get the error.

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-06-26 07:45:11 UTC

What ebuild is this bug about?

Comment 3 Edward Nichols 2005-06-27 09:48:31 UTC

This isnt so much a problem with ebuild files, this is an oddity I have noticed.
 I have tried the ~x86 glibc see and the problem persists.  Was just hoping that
you guys had seen this before since it is a show stopper.