NSCD Bug?

[Smith, Albert]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rigler, 
> Stephen C.
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 11:53 AM
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: NSCD Bug?
> 
> I'm posting this question here, because I haven't found 
> anything relevant on Bugzilla (or maybe nobody has noticed 
> experienced the problem under similar cirumstances).
> 
> I've noticed this problem on both RH9 and RHES3:
> 
> 1. An account/group exists in both NIS and local files 2. The 
> machine is running nscd 3. nsswitch.conf has "files nis" for 
> both group and passwd
> 
> The problem:
> 
> Lookups for the account (getpwent, getgrent or whatever) may, 
> intermittently, retrieve the information out of NIS rather 
> than local files.  Stopping or restarting nscd seems to clear 
> up the problem.
> 
> The RHES3 machines haven't been up2date'd in awhile (I've 
> noticed there is a nscd update available, but not sure if it 
> would fix our problem), and the RH9 machine has the most 
> recent nscd available (AFAIK, it's 2.3.2-27.9.7).
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone knows if any errata have been 
> released to address this issue (or if it is even a known problem).
> 
> -Steve
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Albert Smith
Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
HPCSA, RHCT
Genex Services
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