Hugh Brown wrote:
> Jason Edgecombe wrote:
>> hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm using nss_db to store more of the user account info instead of using
>> /etc/passwd. Only the system accounts are in /etc/passwd, while the
>> 1000+ user accounts are in /var/db/passwd.db. I have set
>> /etc/nsswitch.conf to contain "passwd: files db" and "passwd: db files",
>> but either way, gnome-session takes 20+ seconds to load. I can login
>> normally at a text login prompt and the KDE login is fast, like <2
>> seconds. The gnome-session is fast, but only if I put the user's info
>> into /etc/passwd. "getent passwd user >> /etc/passwd" is the command
>> that I have used to do that. I'm baffled as to why gnome-session is not
>> playing nicely with nss_db. Things are OK about a minute after login,
>> but the gnome login is horribly slow when the user's info isn't in
>> /etc/passwd.
>>
>> Does anyone have any insight into this problem?
>>
>> RedHat 5.2 Desktop, 64bit
>> Dell optiplex 745 dual-core
>> 2GB RAM.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Jason Edgecombe
>>
>>
>
> Do you have nscd running?  Does login speed change if nscd is running
> vs. not?
I've tried nscd. login speed is the same whether it's on or off.

Jason

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