adduser "delay" causing problems in rpm %pre scripts

[Carwyn Edwards]

Erik LaBianca wrote:

>I'm running LDAP auth, and I have already tried turning off nscd which
>didn't help.
>
Now this surprises me, I've also had useradd scriptlet problems (mach 
package) that seemed to be caused by a delay between the group being 
added and that group becoming visible when the user is then added to it. 
Switching off nscd fixed this problem for me (reproducible).

Note that if you try installing the package, it breaks and _then_ you 
switch off nscd and try again you may be getting errors due to an 
inconsistent state being left by the initial "with nscd on" installation 
attempt.

Try removing the package, checking /etc/passwd and /etc/group to make 
sure that the user/group is not there, _then_ make sure nscd is off then 
reinstall. I've not been able to produce an error with nscd off and 
starting from a known good state.

(I'm also using LDAP auth).

Carwyn