Request for discussion: Package installation problem with running nscd

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Fri May 20 14:19:03 UTC 2005


On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 16:17 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> 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?
> 

srpms report it all the time, of course.

-sv





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