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[Caleb Callaway <873784@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've posted this upstream, with some comments on how the issue might be
resolved: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43997

** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #43997
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43997

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Title:
  reload_passwd uses fgetpwent rather than getpwent, ignoring
  /etc/nsswitch.conf

Status in “accountsservice” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  In daemon.c, reload_passwd opens /etc/passwd and reads it with
  fgetpwent.  This only finds local accounts whereas using getpwent
  would respect the settings in /etc/nsswitch.conf and also find
  accounts provided via ldap, nis, etc.  This means that login screens
  (eg, lightdm) don't display the full list of users, only those in
  /etc/passwd.  All users are able to login, so this is an annoyance
  rather than a serious problem.

  accountsservice 0.6.14-1git1 in oneiric (haven't checked other
  versions).

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