[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Creating authorized_keys for LDAP users.

[Steven Danna < >]

Hi,

> A workaround for this limitation sure would be nice. Configuring user with
> LDAP and then being able to create their ssh keys seems like a pretty
> standard use case.
>

As Noah mentioned, this is a limitation of any long-lived process that
tries to make use of the glibc interface for retrieving user
information and NSS.  BTM discussed this issue here:

https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-3780

and postulated that running nscd and forcing a restart of nscd on any
nsswitch.conf changes might be a viable workaround (based on comments
from the previous glibc maintainer).  However, from the rest of this
thread it seems like you found a solution for your particular problem,
but if you run into this issue again you might take a look at nscd.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Steven