nsswitch/winbindd_user.c:winbindd_getpwnam(161)

Jeff Yana 240vac at earthlink.net
Tue Dec 13 19:50:32 GMT 2005


Does anybody on this list know how to best diagnose this problem?


Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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> Jeff Yana wrote:
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>>Dear List-
>>
>>I posted this to the general list as well but this issue might be better
>>suited for this one. One thing I forgot to mention in the other posting
>>is that depending on how bad the problem is (that is, the frequency of
>>the occurence of these bogus authentication requests are), Winbind can
>>consume up to 1GB of RAM.
>>
>>Thanks in advance...
>>
>>[...snip...]
>>
>>Dear List-
>>
>>This error is appearing in my log.winbindd log file. The full error is
>>as follows:
>>
>>nsswitch/winbindd_user.c:winbindd_getpwnam(161)
>>user 'RAID' does not exist
>>
>>nsswitch/winbindd_user.c:winbindd_getpwnam(161)
>>user 'BAMBOO_LEAVES_SINGLE.TIF' does not exist
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> 
> Do you have any clue as to which application is called
> getpwnam("BAMBOO_LEAVES_SINGLE.TIF")?  Winbindd will only service
> the requests that it is given.  Not sure what to tell you.
> Doesn't really appear to be a Samba issue.
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> cheers, jerry
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