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Description of problem:
After running nscd with nss_ldap for a while (< 1 day), the entire system becomes unusable: even bash or su fails to start, saying "broken pipe".


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
nss_ldap-226-20

How reproducible:
Sometimes


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set up nss_ldap and nscd.
2. Wait for a while (< 24 hours).  Something like

for i in `seq 1 1000` ; do id notme$i 2>/dev/null ; done
lsof | grep ^nscd

may also help to illustrate part of the problem.


Actual Results:
Every program (including su, bash, ssh, ps, ls, etc.) says "broken pipe" and fails to start

Expected Results:
No "broken pipe"

Additional info:
My _guess_ is that the problem _may_ be related to:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=401758
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=246057

Although the above reports are for Debian, they seem to apply to RHEL 4.6 as well.  In particular, the bash command lines

for i in `seq 1 1000` ; do id notme$i 2>/dev/null ; done
lsos | grep ^nscd

often (though not always) seem to illustrate part of the problem.