Bug 473343 - nscd fogets hosts upon hibernate/thaw cycle
Summary: nscd fogets hosts upon hibernate/thaw cycle
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: glibc
Version: 10
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Andreas Schwab
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-11-27 21:24 UTC by Bojan Smojver
Modified: 2009-12-18 06:59 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2009-12-18 06:59:33 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Strace of the failing nscd (5.06 KB, text/plain)
2008-12-09 22:22 UTC, Bojan Smojver
no flags Details
Debug output of nscd (22.77 KB, text/plain)
2008-12-09 22:25 UTC, Bojan Smojver
no flags Details

Description Bojan Smojver 2008-11-27 21:24:29 UTC
Description of problem:
nscd "forgets" hosts on hibernate/thaw cycle. Various programs fail etc.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.9-2

How reproducible:
Intermittent.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Hibernate a machine, then thaw.
2. Use a program such as Evo or screensaver to contact a host on the network.
  
Actual results:
Programs report that hosts are not there.

Expected results:
This worked in F-9.

Additional info:
Workaround is:

service nscd stop
rm -f /var/db/nscd/*
service nscd start

I first noticed that with gnome-screensaver authentication that pops up on thaw. Then I realized that Evo cannot get mail, reporting that the host isn't there.

Comment 1 Bojan Smojver 2008-11-28 21:23:47 UTC
This also helps:

# nscd --invalidate=hosts

Comment 2 Ulrich Drepper 2008-12-05 06:31:33 UTC
It works just fine for me.

Run nscd in the foreground using

  nscd -d -d -d

and show the output.

Comment 3 Bojan Smojver 2008-12-09 20:44:36 UTC
Isn't that a bummer. When you want the darn thing to fail - it doesn't. I haven't seen this for almost two weeks now...

Comment 4 Bojan Smojver 2008-12-09 22:21:14 UTC
The moment I said I didn't see it for two weeks, it happened. I'll attach first the strace output of the running nscd and also debug output of the 'ncsd -d -d -d', which I started after stopping the running nscd with 'service nscd stop'. Hope it helps.

Comment 5 Bojan Smojver 2008-12-09 22:22:51 UTC
Created attachment 326416 [details]
Strace of the failing nscd

This one was stated with 'service nscd start' before the system was hibernated. In other words, it was just a normal startup, no debugging at all turned on.

Comment 6 Bojan Smojver 2008-12-09 22:25:12 UTC
Created attachment 326417 [details]
Debug output of nscd

This one was started with nscd -d -d -d and output captured in this file, as instructed. Note that the user was in the end (after a few tries) able to supply the password on the gnome-screensaver lock screen successfully. I'm guessing nscd recovered from the failed condition eventually...

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