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  1. Bug #214566
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Comment 3 for bug 214566

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Anders Ossowicki (aowi) wrote : Re: nscd ignores the order of /etc/nsswitch.conf

I highly suspect that I am seeing a similar bug with the same core symptom.

We are not using nscd, but with the same content in /etc/nsswitch.conf and a disappearing nis master, any lookup of local (e.g. root) users hang. Killing the nis client or removing the nis-entry from nsswitch.conf rectifies the problem immediately. This causes long hangs in postfix, root logins and similar cases.

The above is with hardy server, which is supported until 2013.