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Description of problem: 
When an %attr directive mentions a group whose name is not in the 
/etc/groups file, rpm -i crashes with segmentation violation. 
(The group entry in question is coming from an LDAP server via 
nsswitch.  I haven't verified whether the problem occurs if 
NIS is used instead.) 
 
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 
Version     : 4.0.4                             Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. 
Release     : 7x.18                         Build Date: Thu 18 Apr 2002 
11:36:17 
 
How reproducible: 
Always 
 
Steps to Reproduce: 
1.Export group file from master server with LDAP (using the 
/usr/share/openldap/migration/ scripts). 
2.Set up another machine to import the group and password entries from LDAP 
using authconfig and /etc/nsswitch.conf. 
3.Create an rpm package where an %attr directive mentions a 
group present in the LDAP server, but not in the local /etc/group 
file on the second machine. 
4. Install the rpm from step 3 on the second machine. 
 
Actual Results:  rpm -i gets a segmentation violation. 
 
Expected Results:  Package should have installed normally, with the expected 
setting of the group id for the files the %attr directive 
applies to. 
 
Additional info: