Hi, After update (15.0), nscd does not start. Have a lot of fun... Isengard:~ # systemctl status nscd ● nscd.service - Name Service Cache Daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nscd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2018-12-08 22:16:20 CET; 1min 18s ago Dec 08 22:16:20 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dec 08 22:16:20 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. Dec 08 22:16:20 Isengard systemd[1]: Stopped Name Service Cache Daemon. Dec 08 22:16:20 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Dec 08 22:16:20 Isengard systemd[1]: Failed to start Name Service Cache Daemon. Dec 08 22:16:20 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Unit entered failed state. Dec 08 22:16:20 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Isengard:~ # systemctl start nscd Job for nscd.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status nscd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. Isengard:~ # systemctl status nscd ● nscd.service - Name Service Cache Daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nscd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2018-12-08 22:17:51 CET; 1min 50s ago Process: 3973 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nscd (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: Failed to start Name Service Cache Daemon. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Unit entered failed state. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: Stopped Name Service Cache Daemon. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: Failed to start Name Service Cache Daemon. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Unit entered failed state. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Isengard:~ # Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: Failed to start Name Service Cache Daemon. -- Subject: Unit nscd.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit nscd.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Unit entered failed state. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: Stopped Name Service Cache Daemon. -- Subject: Unit nscd.service has finished shutting down -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit nscd.service has finished shutting down. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: Failed to start Name Service Cache Daemon. -- Subject: Unit nscd.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit nscd.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Unit entered failed state. Dec 08 22:17:51 Isengard systemd[1]: nscd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dec 08 22:18:00 Isengard login[1905]: pam_unix(login:session): session closed for user root Dec 08 22:18:00 Isengard systemd[1]: getty@tty1.service: Service has no hold-off time (RestartSec=0), scheduling restart. Dec 08 22:18:00 Isengard systemd[1]: Stopped Getty on tty1. I have not modified it recently: Isengard:~ # l /etc/nscd.conf* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2480 Nov 4 15:32 /etc/nscd.conf Isengard:~ # Isengard:~ # cat /etc/nscd.conf | egrep -v "^[[:space:]]*$|^#" server-user nscd debug-level 0 paranoia no enable-cache passwd yes positive-time-to-live passwd 600 negative-time-to-live passwd 20 suggested-size passwd 211 check-files passwd yes persistent passwd yes shared passwd yes max-db-size passwd 33554432 auto-propagate passwd yes enable-cache group yes positive-time-to-live group 3600 negative-time-to-live group 60 suggested-size group 211 check-files group yes persistent group yes shared group yes max-db-size group 33554432 auto-propagate group yes #CER por defecto es "yes", no estoy seguro de lo que conviene. Tengo servidor DNS en esta máquina enable-cache hosts no positive-time-to-live hosts 600 negative-time-to-live hosts 0 suggested-size hosts 211 check-files hosts yes persistent hosts no shared hosts yes max-db-size hosts 33554432 enable-cache services yes positive-time-to-live services 28800 negative-time-to-live services 20 suggested-size services 211 check-files services yes persistent services yes shared services yes max-db-size services 33554432 enable-cache netgroup yes positive-time-to-live netgroup 28800 negative-time-to-live netgroup 20 suggested-size netgroup 211 check-files netgroup yes persistent netgroup yes shared netgroup yes max-db-size netgroup 33554432 Isengard:~ # Isengard:~ # rpm -qi nscd Name : nscd Version : 2.26 Release : lp150.11.9.1 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: Sun Nov 4 13:27:20 2018 Group : System/Daemons Size : 162835 License : GPL-2.0+ Signature : RSA/SHA256, Fri Oct 26 14:28:10 2018, Key ID b88b2fd43dbdc284 Source RPM : glibc-2.26-lp150.11.9.1.src.rpm Build Date : Fri Oct 26 14:24:07 2018 Build Host : lamb16 Relocations : (not relocatable) Packager : http://bugs.opensuse.org Vendor : openSUSE URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html Summary : Name Service Caching Daemon Description : Nscd caches name service lookups and can dramatically improve performance with NIS, NIS+, and LDAP. Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.0 Isengard:~ # Isengard:~ # zypper patch Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies... The following 4 items are locked and will not be changed by any action: Available: PackageKit gnome-packagekit pk-update-icon plymouth Nothing to do. Isengard:~ # Ideas? besides that, the server seems to be running Ok. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)