On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 05:42:07PM -0800, Richard A Nelson wrote: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Alex Samad wrote: > >> When i try this >> ls ~al<tab> > > Ah, that is what I missed before... tab completion of user names > not directory entries yeah only on username expansion > >> malloc: unknown:0: assertion botched >> free: start and end chunk sizes differ >> last command: ls -l > >> so readers, how can I debug this further and has any one else seen this >> problem on their machines ? > > are you running nscd ? yep tried it with it on and off (tested again just now and same problem) > > does `getent passwd` show you all the users ? yep and I can log into the system with ldap users, I can use id and whoami > >> I have had a look at the libnss-ldap code and the change set is rather minor >> (although I have only looked at the diff not the resulting code). > > I can't see why one shell would work and the others fail, unless they > do their own expansion instead of usernames instead of using whatever > the nss services provide (if anything). my thoughts to. but it doesn't seem to cause any problems in zsh (was thinking of trying it out anyway) > > I must confess to never really looking at the nss functionality in > detail, for me it was enough that, unlike AIX, it just pretty much > works (with some nasty caveats if you're using nscd and have multiple > sources for data). > > -- > Rick Nelson > A feature is nothing more than a bug with seniority. > -- Unknown source > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "As you know, these are open forums, you're able to come and listen to what I have to say." - George W. Bush 10/28/2003 Washington, DC
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