Do not set initgroups. The commented-out setting reflects the glibc default (derived from group). Index: b/releng/nsswitch.conf =================================================================== --- a/releng/nsswitch.conf +++ b/releng/nsswitch.conf @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ passwd: files sss shadow: files sss group: files sss -initgroups: files +#initgroups: files sss #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns hosts: files dns