[Leaplist] Name Service Cache Daemon (nscd)

[Kevin Korb]

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I have only seen it cause problems as well but I can't say I have any
proof.

What does it provide that a caching dns server (dnscache) wouldn't provide?

On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:21:08 -0500
Kevin Inscoe <kevin at inscoe.org> wrote:
> I have a constant battle at work about the nscd daemon. I have
> consistently had problems with it in both Solaris and RHEL. I am being
> asked (read semi-forced) to institute it again (I am the one of the
> Linux build masters for the company) in RHEL 4 and 5 . I would be
> grateful for any hard evidence documentation from any where to either
> it's benefits or problems in production environments. Personal
> anecdotes are also welcome. Yes I have STFG.
> 
> Regards,
> 


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