Bug#56824: libc6: Cannot look up user names from uid

[miquels@cistron.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg)]

In article <cistron.Pine.OSF.4.10.10002011110001.20216-100000@cheetah.it.wsu.edu>,
Brian Bassett  <brianb@mail.wsu.edu> wrote:
>Package: libc6
>Version: 2.1.2-12
>Severity: grave

I bet this isn't a bug in libc6 let alone agrave one ;)

>* My bash PS1 is "\u@\h:\w\$ ", and my prompt appears as:
>I have no name!@admiral:~$ 
>
>* On startup, spruce (through glib) attempts to determine my name:
>Glib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to: Permission denied.

Ah. What are the permissions on "/", "/etc" and "/etc/passwd" ?

Mike.
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