[Nix-dev] Impossible to use Nix + fetchgit on any Linux configured with LDAP authentication /libnss_sss

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 05/06/15 00:10, Adrien Devresse wrote:

> I triggered this failure (http://pastebin.com/Lw6a0p4J) while trying to
> use nix on a RHEL 6.5 configuration setup with ldap authentication (
> sssd + libnss_sss ).
> 
> After a bit of research, this is due to the dependency of git on
> getpwuid and to the fact that the nix glibc do not have by default
> libnss_sss nor can use the one of the host operating system.

Doesn't RHEL 6.5 use "nscd"? When nscd is enabled, the Nix glibc will use it to
perform lookups, so it won't need to be able to find libnss_sss on its own.

Can you show the contents of /etc/nsswitch.conf?

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