On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 07:37:46AM +1100, Mark Delany wrote:
> >> Or is there a 32K+ limit on NIS user ids as well?
> >
> >ofcourse there is. NIS is just a way to manage your /etc/passwd centrally (no, don't
> >start flaming now :)
>
> Somewhere within the Sun NIS+ doco it talks about optimal sizes of around
> 10K objects. I've never been able to confirm what sort of degradation
> happens when you exceed that number by over an order of magnitude. I don't
> know whether this limitation applies to independent implementations (of
> which there is one I know of).
well things like 'finger' like to search the _whole_ passwd map, for instance.
This takes quite some time on a big map :(
Greetz, Peter.
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.| Peter van Dijk | <mo|VERWEG> stoned worden of coden
.| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | <mo|VERWEG> dat is de levensvraag
| <mo|VERWEG> coden of stoned worden
| <mo|VERWEG> stonend worden En coden
| <mo|VERWEG> hmm
| <mo|VERWEG> dan maar stoned worden en slashdot lezen:)
