Request for discussion: Package installation problem withrunning nscd

[Oliver Falk]

> 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?

PostgreSQL did, mach did, and a few others...

Best,
 Oliver