REPOST for archive: Re: nscd again (nis client cache) patch for 6 stable branch

[Anton - Valqk]

Hi guys,
I've just got my patch for nscd backport for 6.4-p4 tested and woring fine.
You can find it here: http://valqk.com/nscd_fbsd_6/
I hope it's useful for someone.

cheers,
valqk.

Anton - Valqk написа:
> I've been searching in the mailist archives and never found this, so
> I'm reposting for archiving purposes.
>
> According to Denis Barov <dindin at yandex-team.ru>:
>
> Gzipped patch avialable at
> http://www.dindin.ru/wiki/FreeBSD?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=nscd_backport.gz
>
> (78Kb)
>
> Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 12:15 +0300 Denis Barov:
>> > Hi, Michael!
>> > In attachment patch for backporing nscd from RELENG_7 to RELENG_6.
>> Tested on
>> > > FreeBSD sepulca.yandex.ru 6.3-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-PRERELEASE
>> #0: Thu Dec
>> > 23 22:06:36 MSK 2007
>> > root at sepulca.yandex.ru:/usr/obj/usr/RELENG_6_ncsd/src/sys/GENERIC 
>> amd64
>> > > and works fine.
>> > > Must I prepare pr?
>> > > P.S. Don't forget to mkdir -p src/usr.sbin/nscd/agents before
>> patching  ;) 
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 11:52:21AM +0200, Anton - Valqk wrote:
>
>   Is there nscd/cached for STABLE 6 branch or it's only implemented in
> 7.X?
>
>   Adam McDougall wrote:
>   > I wanted to say Thanks!!! for this example, because before this point
>   > I was under the impression that nscd/cached was of no use for NIS
> clients,
>   > only LDAP or maybe other directory systems that I don't use.  I tried
>   > "cache compat" as below for passwd and group and it works!  Our NIS
>   > entries at work are big enough that without the cache, top takes
> 7+ seconds to
>   > open, ssh login takes a few seconds, and samba logins were
> concerningly
>   > slow.  I did not try samba connections, but the other methods are
> much
>   > faster now on the second run.  Wanted to post this for the archive
> too.
>   >
>   > On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 02:17:11PM +0300, Michael Bushkov wrote:
>   >
>   >   Hi Denis,
>   >   Several things:
>   >   1. You definitely can't use cache for *_compat sources. I mean
> lines like
>   >   "group_compat: cache nis" aren't supported.
>   >   2. Cache should work ok with the configuration you've mentioned
> in your
>   >   first example, i.e.: "group: cache compat". Just checking - why
> do you
>   >   think that cache isn't working? The correct way to determine it
> is to
>   >   perform the same query twice. During the first pass (when query
> is not
>   >   cached), the request will be processed by NIS module and you'll
> have all
>   >   the NIS-related stuff in the logs. On the second pass the
> request should be
>   >   handled by scd module - and you shouldn't see any activity in
> NIS logs. It
>   >   would be great to see the debug log (with nscd log turned on)
> separately -
>   >   for the first and the second pass. It would help to find the
> error in nscd,
>   >   if there is one.
>   >
>   >   With best regards,
>   >   Michael Bushkov
>   >
>   >   On Jan 17, 2008, at 9:55 PM, Denis Barov wrote:
>   >
>   >
>   >>> Hello!
>   >>>
>   >>> I found some strange behaviour of NIS/nscd when NIS in compat
> mode. In
>   >>> /etc/nsswitch.conf I have:
>   >>>
>   >>> netgroup:         cache compat
>   >>> passwd:           cache compat
>   >>> group:            cache compat
>   >>>
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