Changeset 776 for locker/bin/signup-minimal

Timestamp:

Jul 10, 2008, 5:52:58 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

geofft

Message:

Sleep for 10 seconds after creating a new account to let nscd's cache flush.

File:

• locker/bin/signup-minimal (modified) (1 diff)

locker/bin/signup-minimal

@@ -91 +91 @@
 rmdir "/mit/$lname/.scripts-signup"
 
+if [ "$ans" = "done" ]; then
+  # nscd caches account nonexistence with a 5-second TTL.
+  # (LDAP updates are more or less instant.)
+  # Somehow, the server can wait up to 10 seconds...
+  echo "Creating scripts.mit.edu account for $lname..."
+  sleep 10
+fi
+
 if [ "$ans" != "done" ] && [ "$ans" != "username already taken" ]; then
   echo "ERROR:"