When rpm-ostree is assembling the rootfs in a tmpdir, any scriptlet which adds users or groups will trigger a spam from sss_cache trying to access it:
Installing 397 packages:
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sssd-ad-2.5.1-1.fc34.x86_64 (fedora-coreos-pool)
sssd-client-2.5.1-1.fc34.x86_64 (fedora-coreos-pool)
sssd-common-2.5.1-1.fc34.x86_64 (fedora-coreos-pool)
sssd-common-pac-2.5.1-1.fc34.x86_64 (fedora-coreos-pool)
sssd-ipa-2.5.1-1.fc34.x86_64 (fedora-coreos-pool)
sssd-krb5-2.5.1-1.fc34.x86_64 (fedora-coreos-pool)
sssd-krb5-common-2.5.1-1.fc34.x86_64 (fedora-coreos-pool)
sssd-ldap-2.5.1-1.fc34.x86_64 (fedora-coreos-pool)
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systemd.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:50): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
systemd.prein: Could not open available domains
systemd.prein: groupadd: sss_cache exited with status 5
systemd.prein: groupadd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
systemd.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:50): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
systemd.prein: Could not open available domains
systemd.prein: groupadd: sss_cache exited with status 5
systemd.prein: groupadd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
systemd.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:50): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
systemd.prein: Could not open available domains
systemd.prein: groupadd: sss_cache exited with status 5
systemd.prein: groupadd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
systemd.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:50): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
systemd.prein: Could not open available domains
systemd.prein: groupadd: sss_cache exited with status 5
systemd.prein: groupadd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
dnsmasq.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:50): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
dnsmasq.prein: Could not open available domains
dnsmasq.prein: groupadd: sss_cache exited with status 5
dnsmasq.prein: groupadd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
dnsmasq.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:50): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
dnsmasq.prein: Could not open available domains
dnsmasq.prein: groupadd: sss_cache exited with status 5
dnsmasq.prein: groupadd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
dnsmasq.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:50): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
dnsmasq.prein: Could not open available domains
dnsmasq.prein: useradd: sss_cache exited with status 5
dnsmasq.prein: useradd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
dnsmasq.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:50): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
dnsmasq.prein: Could not open available domains
dnsmasq.prein: useradd: sss_cache exited with status 5
dnsmasq.prein: useradd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
samba-common.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:51): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
samba-common.prein: Could not open available domains
samba-common.prein: groupadd: sss_cache exited with status 5
samba-common.prein: groupadd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
samba-common.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:51): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
samba-common.prein: Could not open available domains
samba-common.prein: groupadd: sss_cache exited with status 5
samba-common.prein: groupadd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
clevis.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:51): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
clevis.prein: Could not open available domains
clevis.prein: groupadd: sss_cache exited with status 5
clevis.prein: groupadd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
clevis.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:51): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
clevis.prein: Could not open available domains
clevis.prein: groupadd: sss_cache exited with status 5
clevis.prein: groupadd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
clevis.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:51): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
clevis.prein: Could not open available domains
clevis.prein: useradd: sss_cache exited with status 5
clevis.prein: useradd: Failed to flush the sssd cache.
clevis.prein: (2021-06-15 21:49:51): [sss_cache] [confdb_init] (0x0010): Unable to open config database [/var/lib/sss/db/config.ldb]
clevis.prein: Could not open available domains
clevis.prein: useradd: sss_cache exited with status 5
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When rpm-ostree is assembling the rootfs in a tmpdir, any scriptlet which adds users or groups will trigger a spam from
sss_cache
trying to access it:This was previously discussed in https://pagure.io/SSSD/sssd/pull-request/3959 but it doesn't seem to have gone away.