Root cannot authenticate when nscd is running.
Issue
While attempting to authenticate as root while nscd is running, the login fails. When this failure occurs, the errors below are seen in /var/log/nscd.log
Fri 19 Aug 2016 11:10:07 AM EDT - 4865: checking for monitored file `/etc/passwd': Permission denied
Fri 19 Aug 2016 11:10:20 AM EDT - 4865: checking for monitored file `/etc/resolv.conf': Permission denied
Fri 19 Aug 2016 11:10:20 AM EDT - 4865: checking for monitored file `/etc/hosts': Permission denied
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- nscd
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