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

[Adrien Devresse]

Hi Eleco,

Thank you for your reply.

Here is the nsswitch.conf

http://pastebin.com/bErcjfkk

I am currently evaluating Nix for software deployment in a quite large
scientific collaboration. Some sites are configured with sss and not
under control unfortunatly.


Adrien


Le 05/06/2015 12:58, Eelco Dolstra a écrit :
> 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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