Re: segmentation fault on linux

[Thomas Glanzmann]

> Symptom:
>  cfagent exits with 'segmentation fault' under linux
> 
> Cause:
>  bug in libc.  Calls to getpwnam misbehave when binaries are
>  linked statically, the username in question is not explicitly
>  listed in /etc/passwd and /etc/passwd contains NIS netgroup
>  entries of the form +@somegroup
> 
> Workaround/Solutions:
>  Link dynamically or remove all netgroup entries of the form
>  +@somegroup from /etc/passwd or list all users used in the
>  cfengine config files explicitly in /etc/passwd

Thank you. I had this problem as well with staically linked binaries for
Linux but never found the reason.

Greetings,
        Thomas