*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 59914 ***
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 59914
nscd fails to start due to the fact that directory /var/run/nscd is missing
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Fails to start (option '--invalidate' requires an argument)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/59046
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ubuntu-bugs
Same problem here. Had to add the creation of /var/run/nscd to a local start
script.
In /etc/init.d/nscd, I replaced
$DAEMON --invalidate
with
$DAEMON --invalidate passwd
$DAEMON --invalidate group
$DAEMON --invalidate hosts
to get past the restart problem.
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Fails to start (option
Actually, the bootup problem is different - running '/etc/init.d/nscd
start' will silently fail - the following messages appear in syslog:
/var/run/nscd/nscd.pid: No such file or directory
/var/run/nscd/socket: No such file or directory
Creating /var/run/nscd fixes this problem, but this needs