> Jon Ciesla wrote: >>> I haven't dug very deep but I am getting crashes in all applications >>> that >>> do dns >>> lookups while ypbind is running. The backtraces point the crash >>> somewhere >>> in glibc. >>> This happens when hosts in nsswitch is set to look at nis before >>> looking >>> up dns >>> "hosts: files nis dns". >>> >>> If I reorder the line to look up dns before nis them it works fine as >>> nis >>> is >>> never accessed. Also shutting down ypbind also makes the crashes stop. >>> >>> I can get more info tomorrow morning (GMT). (Unfortunately I can't log >>> into that >>> machine from home now as I screwed something up) >> >> Is your machine that's running ypserv set to provide host information? > > That is an interesting point which I can answer tomorrow. All I know is > the nis > hosts are some very old sun servers. But even if it didn't then it should > just > drop though to dns and certainly not cause a crash in a user level app. It > wasn't an issue in previous versions. You'd think, but it could be either a glibc issue or something in how the NIS server responds. I use NIS, but not for host info and I'll be curious to see what happens when I upgrade to F-10 in the near future. > Btw the apps which crashed were yum, pidgin, firefox and thunderbird. I > can try > some more out but I think it is pretty generic. It likely is. > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > -- in your fear, speak only peace in your fear, speak only love -d. bowie -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
