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Werk #309: Trying to prevent read/write conflicts with a large user base

Component Setup
Title Trying to prevent read/write conflicts with a large user base
Date Dec 11, 2013
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.2.5i1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

When having a large amount of users, it might happen, that the user configuration files are read while they are written e.g. by an automated LDAP sync or some other modification to the user database. With bad timing, the file could be read while being incomplete which might result in syntax errors or similar unexpected situations. This changes the way the files are being written to a more save way.

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