On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 12:27, Bill Shupp wrote: > > When you start to get a lot of users in the cdb file, a mysql auth lookup > > can become a lot faster. I cant think of any other major advantage. > > Actually, according to Ken Jones, lookups for cdb are a bit faster. But > *updates* to cdb for a domain above about 10K users get considerably > slower. Also, MySQL offers the advantage of centralizing user > authentication, which is beneficial to clustered environments.
Not to mention the benefits of being able to query this information for use in other programs... For instance, we want to know when a user is not using their mailbox so it can be tagged for deletion. With the database backend, I can have a program on a completely different machine query the database, determine the last time the user used their mailbox, and tag the mailbox for deletion if needed. > Regards, > > Bill Shupp -- --------------------------- Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold Engine / Technology Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] RedHat Certified - RHCE # 807302349405893 MySQL Core Certified - ID# 205982910 --------------------------- "Something mysterious is formed, born in the silent void. Waiting alone and unmoving, it is at once still and yet in constant motion. It is the source of all programs. I do not know its name, so I will call it the Tao of Programming."
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