[Please Cc: me on replies, I am not subscribed to Debian-glibc] Hi,
adduser still has code to invalidate nscd cache after doing changes to the user database. I would like to get rid of this and just document that people using nscd should use the provided hook to invalidate their nscd cache after creating or deleting users. I am wondering whether this is actually needed any more. The nscd source code contains numerous calls to inotify, and https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/nscd.8.html suggests that it actually notices changes to the passwd/group "database" files and invalidates automatically at least since 2015. The nscd manpage in Debian seems to have been taken from a different source. I guess it was not updated. Do we still need to invalidate nscd cache "manually" or will nscd cover the basic use cases automatically? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
