> On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Frank Beale wrote:
...
> As for authentication, consider using a password database (like BSD's
> /etc/spwd.db) instead of a flat, text file (like /etc/shadow).
% wc -l /etc/passwd
23753 /etc/passwd
This is on a six-processor Sun E4500 with 3 GB of RAM.
We do run Solaris' nscd (Name Service Cache Daemon).
Since our user base shows a linear increase versus an
exponential increase in mean mailbox size and induced
I/O load, we expect to be able to continue using the
flat-file authentication approach for some time,
especially when Fergals getpwnam-elimination patches
make it into the code.
Needless to say : we'll go DB if implementation effort
is minimal and benefits are obvious.
Eric.
