[Bug 1068889] [NEW] nscd should not cache netgroups by default

[Mark Russell]

Public bug reported:

Netgroup caching is a rather new feature of nscd.  It only entered the
eglibc source tree late last year and the first upstream release of nscd
to include netgroup caching was on March 21, 2012 [1].  Thus, it's is a
feature that is not likely deployed at any significant scale anywhere
currently.  And so it has poor general test coverage.

We have reports that this feature either segfaults nscd [1] or that even
when it doesn't crash, the feature still doesn't work [2].

The "enabled" setting is inherited from upstream, but I think at least
for precise, we should default to disabled.

[1] LP: #997096
[2] LP: #997752

** Affects: eglibc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: precise

** Tags added: precise

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Title:
  nscd should not cache netgroups by default

Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Netgroup caching is a rather new feature of nscd.  It only entered the
  eglibc source tree late last year and the first upstream release of
  nscd to include netgroup caching was on March 21, 2012 [1].  Thus,
  it's is a feature that is not likely deployed at any significant scale
  anywhere currently.  And so it has poor general test coverage.

  We have reports that this feature either segfaults nscd [1] or that
  even when it doesn't crash, the feature still doesn't work [2].

  The "enabled" setting is inherited from upstream, but I think at least
  for precise, we should default to disabled.

  [1] LP: #997096
  [2] LP: #997752

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