Fall back to id command if getpwnam fails

diff --git a/ldap-client/check.cgi b/ldap-client/check.cgi
index e18544a..ef88262 100755 (executable)
--- a/ldap-client/check.cgi
+++ b/ldap-client/check.cgi
@@ -73,8 +73,14 @@ else {
 # Make sure one of the users is a valid Unix user
 $first = $rv->entry(0);
 print &text('check_match', "<tt>".$first->get_value("uid")."</tt>"),"<br>\n";
-@uinfo = getpwnam($first->get_value("uid"));
-if (!@uinfo) {
+$uid = getpwnam($first->get_value("uid"));
+if (!$uid) {
+       # Sometimes this fails due to nsswitch.conf caching .. so try forking
+       # a separate command
+       $uid = &backquote_command(
+               "id -a ".$first->get_value("uid")." 2>/dev/null");
+       }
+if (!$uid) {
        &print_problem($text{'check_ematch'});
        goto END;
        }