nscd not starting

[Craig Jackson <cjackson@localsurface.com>]

Hello,

After "apt-get install nscd", nscd installs and says it's starting but
it is not in process list. The nscd.conf file is not modified.
"/etc/init.d/nscd start" says nscd is starting but again not in process
list. I am using pam_ldap and libnss_ldap with nsswitch looking like
this:
passwd:         ldap
group:          ldap
shadow:         ldap

hosts:          files dns
networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       nis

nscd log output is null even after setting debug-level to 10.

But this is also from the syslog....
Dec 14 08:27:10 www inetd[320]: /usr/sbin/identd: exit status 0x1
Dec 14 08:27:10 www inetd[5663]: getpwnam: identd: No such user
Dec 14 08:27:10 www inetd[320]: /usr/sbin/identd: exit status 0x1
Dec 14 08:27:10 www inetd[320]: auth/tcp server failing (looping),
service terminated

which I don't understand because....
# getent passwd| grep ident
identd:x:100:65534:identd:/var/run/identd:/bin/false

Why can identd user not be found? Every else seems to be working fine.
Does nscd need identd?

Any suggestions welcome,
Thanks,
Craig Jackson