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 > > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list >
