From: Karen R McArthur (kmcarthu@bates.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 22 2004 - 11:06:25 EST
Thanks to Chris Adams for his super quick response! I have already
contacted HP Support for this patch.
-- Karen. Chris Adams wrote: > Karen R McArthur <kmcarthu@bates.edu> wrote: > >> I have recently patched 1 node of a 2 node cluster from 5.1b aggregate summary 3 to 5.1b aggregate summary 4 and all hotfixes. We have not rolled yet. Since the patch, we are having delays in creating user accounts. When creating a user, the useradd command takes a matter of minutes to run on the lead member - where it takes only a few seconds on the unrolled member. >> >> We are running enhanced security. >> >> Is this delay a product of not rolling yet? I hesitate to roll with this issue outstanding, since we have a relatively large population of user accounts to create in early January where the delay would be painful. > > > > The problem is that useradd now calls pwck to make sure the password > database is in good condition before adding a user. When running > enhanced security with a lot of users, this takes a long time. > > I logged a call with HP on this, and they provided a patch that allows > you to bypass the call by setting an environment variable, AM_RUNPWCK=1. > This was a CSP; you should be able to log a call with HP and get a copy > (it was delivered to us in T64KIT0023202-V51BB25-20040809.tar). It > should also be in patch kit 5 next year.
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