It's quite clear from the strace that the failure is happening when creating the pid file. The socket you're referring to, .nscd_socket, has nothing to do with the error, and is only present when nscd is in use.
It's quite clear from the strace that the failure is happening when creating the
pid file. The socket you're referring to, .nscd_socket, has nothing to do with
the error, and is only present when nscd is in use.