nss_ldap and ping not working

[Gordon Messmer]

Herbert Gasiorowski wrote:
> I found out that the nss_ldap queries works with
>     getent hosts xyz
> but not with
>     ping xyz
> 
> ping (and e.g. traceroute) hangs somewhere within
> ldap_init
> ( libnss_ldap with debugging stops after: "nss_ldap: ==> ldap_init" )
> and futex
> ( strace stops at "futex(0x375a8c, FUTEX_WAIT, 2, NULL" )

Works for me, but...

Might that be because ping is SUID root?  Try running the command when 
you're logged in as root, when SUID shouldn't have any effect.