Request for discussion: Package installation problem with running nscd

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 09:26 +0200, Oliver Falk wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I came along this problem a few times now and think it's a good idea to
> throw it on the list for discussion.
> 
> I have a fcdev system running at my site that runs with ldap/nscd.
> 
> The problem I'm running into - some times - is:
> * nscd is running and caches groups/passwd
> * I try to install a package
> * package does the usual groupadd -r <somegroup> >/dev/null 2>&1 or useradd
> ...
> * package' file list lists %attr(-, <somegroup>, <someuser>) or something
> like that.
> 
> But as nscd caches the passwd/group it thinks that <somegroup> or <someuser>
> doesn't exist and rpm tell's me:
> 
>    warning: group <somegroup> does not exist - using root
Can you give an example for a package whose installation triggers this
error message?

Ralf