"strings -a" still shows password: BDB0073 DB_NOTFOUND

[Dan White]

On 03/12/15 16:58 -0700, Jan Parcel wrote:
>saslpasswd2[9455]: error deleting entry from sasldb: BDB0073 
>DB_NOTFOUND: No matching key/data pair found
>
>I get the same error message regardless of whether I am creating or 
>deleting a user, but after a deletion, sasldblistusers2 shows the user 
>gone, but strings -a sasldb2 | grep 5678 still shows the password in 
>there (in the clear, obivously.)
>
>I don't mind a bogus error message but leaving the password behind is 
>not OK.
>
>A previous mail said "take care for the domain" -- is there a command 
>to find the domain?
>
>I have tried removing bubba or bubba at beerhall, either way the user is 
>gone and the passwd remains. I also tried saslpasswd2 -d -u beerhall 
>bubba, same result, user is gone, passwd remains.

This is a function of the db library (bekerley) handling how data is stored
and cleaned up on disk. Consult its documentation for how to force data
compaction/cleanup, or find a way to dump and restore the data on disk
after deleting an entry.

-- 
Dan White