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I have AIX v2.2.1 running with following corrective services installed:

    IDENT CORRSVCE 2702      aix
    IDENT CORRSVCE 1108      nfs
    IDENT CORRSVCE 1713      tcp/ip
    IDENT CORRSVCE 1736      aix

At our site, we use a combination of /etc/passwd and yellow pages for 
management of userid's.

Password Info:
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yellow pages: herman - uid 19
              wouter - uid 208
/etc/passwd : root   - uid 0
              dacnos - uid 31000


Problem: 
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getpwnam() and getpwuid() produce a "memory fault" when executed as
root, and when we search first /etc/passwd and then yp passwd catalog.
         
Example program:
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <pwd.h>

struct passwd *getpwnam();

main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
        struct passwd *p;
        int i;

        for (i=1; argv[i]!=NULL; i++){
            p = getpwnam(argv[i]);
            printf ("name = %s; uid = %d; passwd = %s\n", p -> pw_name,
                    p -> pw_uid, p -> pw_passwd);
        } /* endfor */
}

Example session:
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# bug1 wouter herman root dacnos
name = wouter; uid = 208; passwd = kd84./kjKSL
name = herman; uid = 19; passwd = 'kKLL89J.lS9
name = root; uid = 0; passwd = BPvxqq)08l/
name = dacnos; uid = 31000; passwd = jkldskKKD0
# bug1 root dacnos wouter herman
name = root; uid = 0; passwd = BPvxqq)08l/
name = dacnos; uid = 31000; passwd = jkldskKKD0
Memory fault - core dumped                             <-- why ???
#

My major problem is that these routines are used in several commands, like
ls, tar ... and these will fail when used as root.  
Is this a known problem ? Anyone now of any fixes (apart from reinstalling
the original AIX v2.2.1) ?


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Herman Moons                                   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
                                               Dept. of Computer Science
Tf : +32 (16) 20.06.56                         Celestijnenlaan 200A
Fax: +32 (16) 20.53.08                         B-3030 Heverlee-Leuven
                                               Belgium
e-mail: herman@kulcs.uucp
	herman@blekul60.bitnet
	herman@cs.kuleuven.ac.be

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