Actually, there are about 9k of them in the default domain, and virtual domain
support was done via alias/fastforward (leftover from an old sun setup qmail by
another admin). So 9k in one vpasswd right now. I'm pushing them out into
individual vpasswd files one at a time as each customer has to change settings
on
their end to access mail after converted.. It runs fine with 9k users in a
single file so far.
Regards,
Steve
Robin Bowes wrote:
> > Vchkpw handles 10k users just fine in it's current version. I'm running
> 200
> > virtual domains totaling about 10k pop accounts on a p2/300 with 256mb
> ram,
>
> I'm speculating here (I know, I know... :o) but if you have 200 virtual
> domains with 10k users total, that's an average of 50 users per vpasswd
> file. If there is only 1 virtual domain (as in the example) then there
> would be 10k users in vpasswd.
>
> > a couple scsi-2 drives, Apache 1.3.4, SQWebmail 0.20 on FreeBSD 3.1 and it
> > runs like a top. No complaints in the slightest from here as far as
> > performance goes. I was thinking of looking at hacking vchkpw to handle a
> > cdb style password file instead of flat text however. While I'm doing fine
> > now, the business is growing and I want to be sure I can continue when I
> > hit 15k+.
>
> Sounds like this may be a useful patch to have.
>
> R.
>
> > Steve
> >
> > Robin Bowes writes:
> > > This isn't an answer to the original question - just some thoughts...
> > >
> > > How would vchkpw perform in this situation?
> (http://www.inter7.com/vchkpw/)
> > > Presumably, the vpasswd file would be the bottleneck? Is it possible to
> use
> > > vchkpw with a DB of some sort, eg CDB? Presumably, this would involve
> > > hacking vchkpw appropriately?
> > >
> > > R.
> > >
> > > Chris McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > My company wants to provide users on the internet with a free email
> > > > service ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). We'll be starting off with about
> > > > 3,000 users, potentially growing up to 10,000 in the next 12 months.
> > > >
> > > > How feasible is it to create a passwd/shadow entry for each user,
> > > > providing them with POP/IMAP access ? (or maybe just pop if imap puts
> > > > too much load on the server).
> > > >
> > > > With the passwd and shadow files containing so many entries, will the
> > > > password lookups take forever ?
> > > >
> > > > Our current server spec is a PIII 400, 256M, but we'll replace it with
> a
> > > > high spec server if/when needed.
> > > >
> > > > Does this sound OK, or should we look at buying (or developing)
> hotmail
> > > > style software instead ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas/comments appreciated,
> > > > .Chris.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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Stephen Comoletti
Systems Administrator
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