Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 16:05:53 -0500 From: Tim Tsai <tim@futuresouth.com> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: improving NIS speeds Message-ID: <19991008160552.A20238@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19991008165743.01746210@staff.sentex.ca> References: <3.0.5.32.19991008165743.01746210@staff.sentex.ca>
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I'd personally avoid NIS altogether for POP. Most newer mail software allows a single UID system where the username/mailbox is detached from the underlying OS's username/UID system. If you do want to use FreeBSD's username/UID, you might want to consider simply a rdist script that'll copy the master.passwd database and run the password make program. We have found this solution to be a lot more reliable and maintainable than NIS. Tim On Fri, Oct 08, 1999 at 04:57:43PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > Hi, > I am in the process of testing to see if NIS is the system for us. I > havent got into any formal benchmarkings yet, but have noticed some speed > differences. For example, running top, has a good 3 second delay before it > displays anything. I imagine this is due to the looking up username-UID > maps via NIS. Are there any optimizations that I can do ? I am concerned > that if I make this a 20K user pop server, there will be similar delays > each time at authentication time ? Or is it something special about top. I > ordered the ORA "Managing NIS+NFS" book, but it hasnt arrived yet. In the > mean time, are there any good online resources I could consult about NIS > optimizations? Or should I just look at some other system like Kerberos. > > ---Mike > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Mike Tancsa, tel 01.519.651.3400 > Network Administrator, mike@sentex.net > Sentex Communications www.sentex.net > Cambridge, Ontario Canada > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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