Bug#58367: debian bug 58367
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 07:18:41PM +0200, Christoph Goern wrote:
> hi,
> I just tracked the same bug down on some redhat boxes using nscd,
> and redhat has no solution too. have you received any comments
> on this bug?
>
>From what I can tell, apparently an ethernet interface blocks in a bad way
when it can't arp for the default gateway (for example if a cable modem or
DSL is down). This seems to cause all of nscd's dns resolver processes to
block, which eventually blocks the main nscd process, effectively stopping
all name<->number resolutions including uid's and gid's. As a result, most
jobs on the system eventually block.
I can't think of any good solution. Obviously, nscd can give a good speedup
if you have a large password file or many different processes looking up the
same hostnames on a machine that doesn't run its own bind, so it would be
nice if it got fixed.
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Brian Ristuccia
brian@ristuccia.com
bristucc@cs.uml.edu
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