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? Ben