Flush NSCD cache after modifying local database

Fixes: #221

1 files changed, 89 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/tools/nscd.c b/src/tools/nscd.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..992f8dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/nscd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+   SSSD
+
+   nscd.c
+
+   Copyright (C) Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com>        2010
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include <talloc.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "util/util.h"
+#include "tools/tools_util.h"
+
+#ifndef NSCD_RELOAD_ARG
+#define NSCD_RELOAD_ARG "-i"
+#endif
+
+#if defined(NSCD_PATH) && defined(HAVE_NSCD)
+int flush_nscd_cache(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, enum nscd_db flush_db)
+{
+    char *cmd = NULL;
+    const char *service;
+    int ret;
+
+    switch(flush_db) {
+        case NSCD_DB_PASSWD:
+            service = "passwd";
+            break;
+
+        case NSCD_DB_GROUP:
+            service = "group";
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            DEBUG(1, ("Unknown nscd database\n"));
+            ret = EINVAL;
+            goto done;
+    }
+
+    cmd = talloc_asprintf(mem_ctx, "%s %s %s", NSCD_PATH,
+                                               NSCD_RELOAD_ARG,
+                                               service);
+    if (!cmd) {
+        ret = ENOMEM;
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    ret = system(cmd);
+    if (ret) {
+        if (ret == -1) {
+            DEBUG(1, ("system(3) failed\n"));
+            ret = EFAULT;
+            goto done;
+        }
+        /* The flush fails if nscd is not running, so do not care
+         * about the return code */
+        DEBUG(8, ("Error flushing cache, perhaps nscd is not running\n"));
+    }
+
+
+    ret = EOK;
+done:
+    talloc_free(cmd);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+#else   /* defined(NSCD_PATH) && defined(HAVE_NSCD) */
+int flush_nscd_cache(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, enum nscd_db flush_db)
+{
+    return EOK;
+}
+#endif