From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 12 12:02:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4B0D16A428 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:02:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif2-3-1-cust208.cdif.cable.ntl.com [82.31.78.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8013643D5C for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:02:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from dhcp32.wireless.private.submonkey.net ([192.168.11.32]) by shrike.submonkey.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1F8FwC-000IWg-Hj; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:02:48 +0000 In-Reply-To: <43EE81D8.8080804@bfoz.net> References: <43EE81D8.8080804@bfoz.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-1-377289431" Message-Id: <65B37212-DFC7-43A5-A75B-CBB3CFF9428D@submonkey.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Ceri Davies Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:02:42 +0000 To: Brandon Fosdick X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.1.1 (Tiger) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NSSWITCH errors in /var/log/cron X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:03:00 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --Apple-Mail-1-377289431 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On 12 Feb 2006, at 00:31, Brandon Fosdick wrote: > I have several machines running 6-STABLE that are showing the error > listed below in /var/log/cron every few minutes. Google didn't turn > up much of relevance, other than the fact that this might be > related to disabling NIS. And, in fast, I have NO_NIS=true in /etc/ > make.conf on every single box. > Is this a bug or a feature? Is it harmful? > > The error messages are... > > Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon /usr/sbin/cron[95789]: (root) CMD (/usr/ > libexec/atrun) > Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon cron[95789]: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup): > nis, group_compat, setgrent, not found > Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon cron[95789]: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup): > nis, group_compat, endgrent, not found > Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon cron[95789]: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup): > nis, passwd_compat, endpwent, not found What does your nsswitch.conf look like, and does removing the NIS entries fix it? Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere --Apple-Mail-1-377289431 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) iD8DBQFD7yPjme8yCsQvJJ0RAiJkAJkBVDzKIAl7iL2eUpraHU9IwQDk8ACgmPV7 eWCkajsf4pDlZW4BzoCgMYY= =NQ5M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-1-377289431--