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  1. Bug #57214
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 57214

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In , Fabian Knittel (fabian-knittel) wrote : Re: Easy fix ?

[ Sorry, Nikita, private mail was unintentional. ]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 11:42:12AM +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
> > Removing the databases in /var/db/nscd/ resolved the problem.
>
> So why not just remove old files on nscd package upgrade?..

Deleting the corrupted cache only temporarily fixes the problem.
Unfortunately nscd currently crashes (or exits unexpectedly - we've
never actually seen it happen "live") in annoyingly regular intervals
and always leaves it's cache in an inconsistent state.

Greetings, Fabian