getent passwd username fail on username > 9 characters

Bug #526671 reported by Fernando Ribeiro
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: libc-bin

My username have > 9 characters. Like 12345678901

While using getent passwd it show all users ok.

If I use getent passwd 12345678901 It return exit 2 (Key not found in database)

If I use getent passwd 123456789 It return 0 (success) and show the user informations of 12345678901.

Other package use getent passwd $USER and fail to run (like ecryptfs-setup-private command).

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