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Bug#407788: x11-common init script cause bootup hang when using nss_ldap for LDAP-based user and groups



tag 407788 pending
kthxbye

On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 14:11:51 +0100, Andreas Unterkircher wrote:
> We use nss_ldap for getting our OpenLDAP users available on the Linux
> boxes.
> 
> During bootup x11-common init script invokes two times
> 
>    chown 0:0 $SOCKET_DIR
>    chown 0:0 $ICE_DIR
> 
> which looks like to cause NSS to reverse lookup the user and
> group behind 0. As the network hasn't started yet or isn't connected the
> box hangs for a very long time in this step (it works to press CTRL+C,
> but for a remote box this is not always possible).
> 
I'll change the chown calls to root:root.  However I'm surprised you say
that this happens before networking is up, because x11-common's script
is in rcS.d/S70 while networking is brought up by rcS.d/S40networking.

Cheers,
Julien

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