Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1484376
[RFE] Add a configuration option to SSSD to disable the memory cache
Last modified: 2018-05-29 04:30:36 EDT
Description of problem: The ask here is to add a configuration option to tell the SSSD NSS responder to not create the memory cache when the option is set. We have seen issues with disk space in environments where sssd is restarted in short intervals. It's clear that disabling the memory cache will have a negative impact on NSS performance, but in some situations it might be helpful to have such an option available. Setting the "SSS_NSS_USE_MEMCACHE" env variable to "no" does not always help because some services clear their environment before starting the actual process. In this case the env variable is unset and the service is still using the memory cache even though it has been told to not use it. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Upstream ticket: https://pagure.io/SSSD/sssd/issue/3496
* master: * 1becbb7bec29a3d418d8f19fc52433cf86bcf395 * ffe29e570a9e885c2f0061c34bb6be2bbd6ab9e4 * 878b0d42aca5839fdc1d97a68ce181e280f1ed7b
Verified the bug on SSSD Version : sssd-1.16.0-9.el7.x86_64 Steps followed during verification: 1. Ensure sssd service is running. Check the contents of /var/lib/sss/mc directory. # ls /var/lib/sss/mc/ group initgroups passwd 2. Delete all the files from /var/lib/sss/mc/ and restart sssd service. 3. Upon service restart, you will see that all the files are re-created. # ls /var/lib/sss/mc/ group initgroups passwd 4. Now, add memcache_timeout=0 in NSS section as given below: [sssd] config_file_version = 2 services = nss, pam domains = LDAP [nss] filter_groups = root filter_users = root memcache_timeout=0 [pam] [domain/LDAP] debug_level = 0xFFF0 id_provider = ldap ldap_uri = ldap://hubcap.lab.eng.pnq.redhat.com ldap_search_base = dc=example,dc=com 5. Delete all the files from /var/lib/sss/mc/ and restart sssd service. 6. List the contents of /var/lib/sss/mc/, you will notice that dir /var/lib/sss/mc/ is empty, The files are not created since memory cache gets disabled. # ls /var/lib/sss/mc/
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0929