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Subject: Re: [CentOS] BackupPC won't fork after CentOS 5.2 upgrade
From: Johnny Hughes <jhughes () hughesjr ! com>
Date: 2008-07-08 14:44:16
Message-ID: 48737D40.9030607 () centos ! org
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Ben wrote:
> Johnny Hughes wrote:
>> Ben wrote:
>>> Ben wrote:
>>>> For some time now i have been running BackupPC 3.1.0 on CentOS 5.1
>>>> x86_64 however after upgrading to CentOS 5.2 BackupPC will not start.
>>>>
>>>> "sudo /etc/init.d/backuppc start" return OK but there is no BackupPC
>>>> processes.
>>>>
>>>> This fails also.
>>>> # sudo -u backuppc /usr/bin/BackupPC -d
>>>> # echo $?
>>>> 0
>>>>
>>>> This succeeds, but of course does not fork.
>>>> # sudo -u backuppc /usr/bin/BackupPC
>>>>
>>>> So for some reason after the CentOS 5.2 upgrade it will not fork
>>>> into the background.
>>>>
>>>> I have run the perl debugger over it and up until the fork
>>>> everything is fine.
>>>>
>>>> Nothing appears in the LOG.
>>>>
>>> With some help from the BackupPC list i have narrowed the problem
>>> down to the NSS config, I use LDAP to resolve users and groups.
>>>
>>> In /etc/nsswitch.conf this is what is there and was there with CentOS
>>> 5.1, with this config BackupPC will not background.
>>> <snip>
>>> passwd: files ldap
>>> shadow: files ldap
>>> group: files ldap
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> However, with this in nsswitch.conf the service will background.
>>> <snip>
>>> passwd: files ldap
>>> shadow: files
>>> group: files ldap
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> Apparently this has been seen to affect dhcpd too, but with the
>>> "services" nss database.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on this? What has changed between 5.1 and 5.2?
>>
>> Look in the release notes for C5 (search for nss_ldap):
>>
>> http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.2
>>
>> Try my fixed RPM here:
>>
>> http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/nss_ldap/5/
>>
>> Upstream bugzilla entry here:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448014
>
> Thanks for the pointer.
>
> Is your RPM any different to the one the Testing Repo as documented in
> the release notes?
It is the same RPM, just in a different place so I can link it from the
RH bugzilla entry too.
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