Hi,

SSSD is also using a memory cache, and you need to remove the files in
/var/lib/sss/mc/ in order to clean it. Its lifetime and size can also be
set in sssd.conf, please look for memcache_* in sssd.conf man page.

flo

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 5:28 PM iulian roman via FreeIPA-users <
freeipa-users@lists.fedorahosted.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I tried for some time to understand how the cache invalidation works on
> the clients, and I have to admit that I am even more confused that when I
> started, therefore I would like to ask if there is someone who can either
> explain or point me to the relevant documentation.
> I'll describe bellow the situation I am currently facing:
>
> PHASE 1
>  - RedHat Idm with AD trust configured (non-posix)
>  - override the UID of AD users in Idm
>  - on the clients run the id <username> ;  the correct (overwritten ) UID
> and an auto-generated GID is displayed
>
> PHASE 2
> - overwrite the GID as well on Idm
> - on the clients still the old auto-generated GID is displayed (after
> sss_cache -E and restart of sssd) when I run id <username>
> - remove everything in /var/lib/sss/db , restart sssd and run id
> <username> - no user found
> - getent group <username> - new overwritten GID is displayed
> - id <username> displays the correct UID and GID
>
> For the users who are not in cache, restarting sssd seems to be enough
> (although I did not test if thoroughly).
>
> My question is :
> What do I have to do on the client in order to have the latest information
> from the Idm Override ? Apparently sss_cache -E and restart ssssd is not
> enough .
> Do we always need to remove everything in /var/lib/sss/db in order to have
> the latest information from the server ?
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