On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 02:37:43PM -0400, Kurt Yoder wrote:
> sendsize[505]: time 0.054: error [cannot find user backup in passwd file]

This message is a bit misleading.  It really means:
`getpwnam("backup") was unsuccessful'.  Perhaps getpwnam()
searched /etc/passwd, but perhaps it tried to use NIS or some
SCOish mechanism.  So there might be other things to look at
beyond /etc/passwd and its symlink target.

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