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VirtualCenter Crashes When User Name Entry Contains a Space (1839)
Details
Why did my VirtualCenter crash when I entered a space in the
user name field?
Solution
If there is a space as an entry for a user of a group,
VirtualCenter crashes with a core dump when it loads the information
using NIS+. An error appears in the ESX Server management interface.
To work around this problem, remove any user names that consist
only of a space, or remove the space from the user name entry in the
group file. This file is typically /etc/group.
To correct this, upgrade to VirtualCenter 1.3 or later.
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