Bug#895981: please cleanup /var/cache/nscd on restart
Hi,
On 2018-04-18 10:18, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Package: nscd
> Version: 2.24-11+deb9u3
>
> If I change nscd.conf (to adjust some ttl or to disable some cache)
> and restart the service, then the cache files in /var/cache/nscd
> are not adjusted accordingly, AFIACS. In worst case the passwd cache
> is kept forever and never adjusted, even though it has been disabled
> in nscd.conf.
Could you please tell me if you use systemd or sysvinit, to know if the
systemd service file is used, or the old init script.
> nscd's caches should be deleted or recreated at service start or
> restart, as applicable.
With both the systemd service and the old init script, the caches should
be invalidated through nscd -i, which is the proper way to start with a
clean cache. Now there might be a case which is not handled correctly.
Aurelien
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