Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 08:35:49 -0700 From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, mkc@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu Subject: Re: bin/12349: 3.2-R inetd doesn't re-read ALL configuration info at HUP signal Message-ID: <3795E8D5.CEABD4C4@gorean.org> References: <199907211445.AA031878326@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu>
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Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > > >mkc@graphics.cornell.edu writes: > >> >How-To-Repeat: > >> 1. vipw and append "+:::::::::" > >> 2. edit /etc/group and append "+:" > >> 3. start ypbind > >> 4. edit /etc/inetd.conf and append: > >> amanda dgram udp wait backup /usr/local/amanda/libexec/amandad amandad > >> 5. send HUP signal to inetd > >> > >> result: "No such user backup, service ignored". > > > >This is caused by the fact that the C library caches metainformation > >about the password files (e.g. whether or not to use NIS, whether or > >not it has access to the master password map, etc.) and there is > >currently no way of forcing it to clear its cache. > > > >This is really a libc bug, not an inetd bug. It is closely related to > >bin/10281. > Funny, I got a different response from <Doug@gorean.org> As far as I can see, you're talking about something other than the problem with inetd not re-reading its conf file when -hup'ed here. To my knowledge *that* bug was fixed recently in both current and stable. However Dag-Erling is in a much better position to know these things, so absent evidence to the contrary, believe him. :) Sorry for any confusion, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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