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[Ed Greshko]

Marian POPESCU wrote:
> Andy Green wrote:
> 
>> Marian POPESCU wrote:
>>
>>> I will do this tomorrow morning when I'll be in the office again.
>>>
>>> Can I bother you with this any longer?
>> Sure, I'd be interested to understand what causes such a thing.
>>
>> -Andy
> 
> I joined the output of strace -o /tmp/dmp_whoami whoami
> 
> Marian

What are the contents of your /etc/nsswitch.conf ?

It seems as if you maybe setup for using nis services.

Ed