[SSSD] [PATCH] MAN: Document that sss_cache should be run after changing the cache timeout

Jakub Hrozek jhrozek at redhat.com
Wed Sep 4 15:33:38 UTC 2013


Several users already stumbled upon the fact that the cache timeouts are
stored in the cache and one needs to run sss_cache after lowering the
timeout to reset the dataExpireTimestamp.
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From: Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek at redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 17:25:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] MAN: Document that sss_cache should be run after changing the
 cache timeout

---
 src/man/sssd.conf.5.xml | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/man/sssd.conf.5.xml b/src/man/sssd.conf.5.xml
index a15f7288cc147b3f2944bb91cb861705279a3a37..43c06955d0182afe5a3c7d703f7c08b7cd09f503 100644
--- a/src/man/sssd.conf.5.xml
+++ b/src/man/sssd.conf.5.xml
@@ -1024,6 +1024,19 @@ override_homedir = /home/%u
                             entries valid before asking the backend again
                         </para>
                         <para>
+                            The cache expiration timestamps are stored
+                            as attributes of individual objects in the
+                            cache. Therefore, changing the cache timeout only
+                            has effect for newly added or expired entries.
+                            You should run the
+                            <citerefentry>
+                                <refentrytitle>sss_cache</refentrytitle>
+                                <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+                            </citerefentry>
+                            tool in order to force refresh of entries that
+                            have already been cached.
+                        </para>
+                        <para>
                             Default: 5400
                         </para>
                     </listitem>
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1.8.3.1



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