* Uli Fahrenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-21 17:57]:
> Apparently there is an entry in that database for every uid up to the 
> biggest found in /etc/passwd. So high uid ==> huge lastlog.

Thanks (Richard too). I know about sparse files; what I was missing is that the
database includes an entry for every uid. That's quite an inefficient
design, if you ask me.

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Miguel Bazdresch
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