Johnny Hughes wrote: > 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. Thanks Johnny, i went and applied the RPM from testing and all works as expected. Thanks for your help. Ben