[KLUG Members] RH 7.3, rpm sefaults when installing, upgrading, erasing

[Christopher David Pruden]

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On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, adam@morrison-ind.com wrote:

> Is it not set to start at boot, or did it crash/die?  If it goes away aga=
in
> check to see if /var/run/.nscd_socket exists,  it should not if nscd is n=
ot
> running.  But if nscd abends the socket may remain,  and thusly glibc thi=
nks
> nscd is still there to answer queries.... there awaits havoc and mayhem.
I set it (nscd) to not start at boot... Teach me to not read up on it
first:)  I've never really had problems with it crashing on other
systems(or this one).  I guess I'm a little surprised at just how
important it actually is, but the manpage doesn't really say so:)

Ahh well:)

>=20
> Make sure you have the latest nscd as the stability of your entire system=
 rests
> upon it,  and until recently it has been the soft spot on the underbelly =
of the
> Linux dragon.  I've seen big beautiful IBM boxes go careening down to ear=
th
> because nscd got mumbly-jumbly;  and a crashed IBM is flat out criminal.
>=20
> If nscd seems hung and you still have an operational console (GO SERIAL
> CONSOLES!) you sometimes can yank /var/run/.nscd_socket away with "rm -f"=
 as
> root;  definitely a Lazarus class moment.
Hehe... definitely... but everything worked fine that I saw, except
rpm:)


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Christopher Pruden  (cdpruden@cs.wmich.edu)  =20
WMU Computer Science Department - Systems Administrator=20

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