should distribute a 32 bit version of nss_winbind.so

[Jerome Haltom]

Binary package hint: samba

I think a 32 bit version of nss_winbind.so should be available. Many applications outright fail when unable to lookup the current user. These applications are certain to fail in all Active Directory environments without a 32 bit version of nss_winbind.so.

I think pam_winbind should be provided also.

And this does apply to every other nss/pam module that is used often.

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

Could you provide a specific use case ?

[Jerome Haltom (wasabi)]

A specific use case? Sure. VMware-server. They distribute only 32 bit binaries, and process user logins. *Any* 32 bit application that does a directory listing or similar is a potential use case.

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

 status triaged

[Jerome Haltom (wasabi)]

Another use case: X-lite. A voip soft phone application.

(xtensoftphone:14802): GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (1786588783)
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/jhaltom/.Xscrc"

It crashes shortly after that.

[Jason Gunthorpe (jgunthorpe)]

Another use case: 64 bit base OS install running 32 bit proprietary applications using winbind for NSS. The apps tend to freak out when they try to do NSS lookups (ie getpwname). Sigh.