libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

[Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com>]

Hi,

Thanks to the help of the fine folks in this mailing list, I was able to
upgrade to hamm reasonably easily.  I am still poking around my system
to find out problems with the upgrade.

After the upgrade, I am unable to log into my machine with a username in
YP.

$ cat /etc/passwd

...some stuff...

+::0:0:::


$ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
passwd:         db files
group:          db files
shadow:         db files

hosts:          files dns
networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       db files

$ ypcat passwd|grep thaths

thaths:<snip>:8022:690:Sudhakar Chandrasekharan:/u/thaths:/bin/bash

When I am able to ypcat and grep my password entry, why am I unable to
login with this username?  I have also been unable to su to this
username.

Sudhakar
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