[SSSD] Ubuntu sssd updates

Jakub Hrozek jhrozek at redhat.com
Wed Aug 28 09:08:32 UTC 2013


On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 09:49:57AM +0100, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 28/08/13 09:17, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
> >On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:27:55PM +0100, Rowland Penny wrote:
> >>Hi, I run sssd on Linux Mint 15, I received and installed a raft of
> >>sssd updates today. I immediately lost the ability to connect to the
> >>domain.
> >>The problem was that whilst there was a sssd.pid in /var/run/ ps ax
> >>didn't show any sssd programs and if you tried to restart sssd, it
> >>just hung. The machine would not turn off, you had to hold the power
> >>button to stop it.
> >>In the end I downloaded 1.10.1 and compiled & installed it over the
> >>installed sssd, everything now works again.
> >>
> >>Rowland
> >Sounds like something to bring up in your distribution bug tracker?
> >
> >What version did you upgrade to (and from) that was broken? Maybe you hit
> >some bug that was fixed later.
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> Ok, I am not sure what exact ubuntu version of sssd I had, it was
> 1.9.4-something, Ubuntu issued a raft of sssd updates
> 
> libipa-hbac-dev     libipa-hbac0     libnss-sss     libpam-sss
> libsss-idmap0     libsss-sudo     python-libipa-hbac     python-sss
> sssd-tools
> 
> I ended up with version 1.9.4-0ubuntu4.2
> 
> Before the updates, sssd worked perfectly, after the update, sssd
> did not work at all, my pc hung and when I did get back in as a
> local user, the domain was not visible. Downloading 1.10.1,
> compiling and installing over the installed sssd packages cured the
> problem, so the cause must have been the update.
> 
> I think the relevant ubuntu bug is 903752, this refers to
> 'libpwquality' for which a certain 'Timo Aaltonen' provided an
> update for on the 9/7/2013 and 'Adam Conrad' finally released the
> fix on 24/8/13, this fix hit my pc on 27/8/13 and made my pc
> unusable.
> 
> I do not have an account at ubuntu to report the bug, so I thought
> that I would cut out the monkeys and come direct to the organ
> grinder ;-) , could you please get 'Timo Aaltonen' to talk to 'Adam
> Conrad' and sort out the problem.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Rowland

I can certainly CC Timo and ask him if this is something that rings a
bell :-)



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