Re: reread /etc/passwd?

[Jeff Licquia <jeff@luci.org>]

On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 04:13:36PM -0500, charles@lunarmedia.net wrote:
> 
> Okay, to extend this saga even further...
> I have two redhat boxes that are not using shadowed passwords. I have
> rsync between the two of them to pull /etc/passwd file from the primary to
> the secondary, and overwrite the secondary's /etc/passwd file. This is all
> well and good, and the files appear to be syncing correctly, however...
> 
> although the files are being synced up correctly the secondary server (the
> one receiving the new /etc/passwd) acts as though it only knows about
> users that were present before the syncing of the passwd file. rebooting
> the server fixes the problem, almost as though the server just needed to
> reread the passwd file. 
> 
> someone suggested to me that this problem may have to do with how PAM
> handles passwords on redhat. i am not very familiar with how PAM works at
> all, or what would be causing the problem. two slackware boxes in the same
> situation have no problems with recognizing users in the new passwd file,
> so I suspecting that is native in redhat.
> 
> anyone know a definitive answer?

Not definite, but here's an idea to try: restart every service that
requires a login after syncing the files.  This would include all of
your getty processes, IMAP/POP3 services, Web servers, etc.

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