On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 08:45:15AM +1000, paul sorenson wrote:

> > The tests must be done as a non-root user to make sure that file
> > permissions don't restrict getpwnam(3) to the super-user.
> >
>
> # user with ldap entry only:
> [pms@homer domestic]$ (getent passwd bells; postmap -q bells
> unix:passwd.byname) | sort | uniq -c | awk '{print $1}'
> 1

If getent(1) is returning results that are not found via getpwnam(3),
your C-library or nsswitch are broken. Trace the system calls made by
"postmap -q" and "getent" and see if anything interesting turns up.

Is LANG set to any particularly unusual value? Have you tried:

LANG=C postmap -q bells unix:passwd.byname

> Any tips on how to dig deeper would be appreciated. Would it be
> premature to create a bug report for this?

This is a non-Postfix problem, start with a question on the support
forum for your O/S.

--
Viktor.

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