What steps will reproduce the problem? Start "./git-annex-webapp"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead? The webapp should start, but I get the error "git-annex: getUserEntryForID: failed (Success)"

What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? 3.20121017 on "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS" 32-Bit

Please provide any additional information below.

fixed --Joey

This means it has been unable to look up your home directory in /etc/passwd. I wonder, are you using NIS or a similar thing that keeps your user entry out of /etc/passwd?
Comment by http://joeyh.name/ Thu Oct 25 18:52:52 2012
Yes, the system is using LDAP as user backend... Any idea how I can use git-annex with LDAP as user backend?

Well, git-annex needs to know the user name, and the home directory. I've made it use USER, and HOME, when set, and only fall back to getpwent otherwise.

Comment by http://joeyh.name/ Thu Oct 25 22:18:55 2012

I think you mean the environment variables with "use USER, and HOME"? So I checked them I they are correct. Reading man(3) getpwent says "from the password database (e.g., the local password file /etc/passwd, NIS, and LDAP)", so it should be no problem with the LDAP backend I'm using to log-in... One other special thing: The home directory is on a NFS share.

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