adduser "delay" causing problems in rpm %pre scripts

[Dan Williams]

Hi,

This might mean that useradd needs to restart nscd or at least invalidate 
the nscd cache when it adds user/group info.  File a bug in Bugzilla 
against useradd.

Dan

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Carwyn Edwards wrote:

> Erik LaBianca wrote:
> 
> >I'm running LDAP auth, and I have already tried turning off nscd which
> >didn't help.
> >
> Now this surprises me, I've also had useradd scriptlet problems (mach 
> package) that seemed to be caused by a delay between the group being 
> added and that group becoming visible when the user is then added to it. 
> Switching off nscd fixed this problem for me (reproducible).
> 
> Note that if you try installing the package, it breaks and _then_ you 
> switch off nscd and try again you may be getting errors due to an 
> inconsistent state being left by the initial "with nscd on" installation 
> attempt.
> 
> Try removing the package, checking /etc/passwd and /etc/group to make 
> sure that the user/group is not there, _then_ make sure nscd is off then 
> reinstall. I've not been able to produce an error with nscd off and 
> starting from a known good state.
> 
> (I'm also using LDAP auth).
> 
> Carwyn
> 
> 
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