Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 23:35:04 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: Benjamin Lee <ben@b1c1l1.com>, Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: using nscd (ldap) makes passwd/group disappearing while installing ports Message-ID: <8CE0E2D2-5DED-48CE-9EAC-E8923AADF9A6@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4F28FDFF.10606@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <4F287338.8000002@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4F28814D.2030804@b1c1l1.com> <4F28FDFF.10606@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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On 01/02/2012, at 19:25, O. Hartmann wrote: >> The problem is that tools that modify the passwd and group files, like >> pw(8), don't invalidate nscd's negative cache entries when making >> changes. >> >> > > Thank you for the explanation. How feasible would it be for pw to try and notify nscd? Or for nscd to monitor the passwd & group files? Either would be somewhat racy though.. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8Chelp
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