Bug#323487: nscd segfaults because /var/db doesnt exists

[Craig Small <csmall@victor.harbourmsp.com>]

Package: nscd
Version: 2.3.5-3
Severity: important
Justification: breaks unrelated software

nscd crashes.  Because of this, bad things happen like email no longer
works (user unknown).

nscd crashes because /var/db/nscd/ doesnt exist.

Aug 17 09:11:58 victor nscd: 2322 cannot create /var/db/nscd/passwd; no persistent database used
Aug 17 09:11:58 victor nscd: 2322 cannot create /var/db/nscd/group; no persistent database used
Aug 17 09:11:58 victor nscd: 2322 cannot create /var/db/nscd/hosts; no persistent database used



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages nscd depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.5-3    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

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