NCSD caches users as invalid until the cache is cleared
Issue
- when the end users reboot their Linux Workstations or servers, they system will fail to properly authenticate against NIS. Then the users are blocked because the NSCD cache shows them as invalid.
[rakkumar@example ~] $ sudo su - testuser
su: user melicher does not exist
[rakkumar@example ~] $ nscd-clear
ADC_SCRIPT: clear-nscd-cache - Cleared NSCD hosts
ADC_SCRIPT: clear-nscd-cache - Cleared NSCD passwd
ADC_SCRIPT: clear-nscd-cache - Cleared NSCD group
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- NSCD
- glibc
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