Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 22:08:55 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: "Kevin P. Neal" <kpneal@pobox.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need a common passwd file among machines Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970422220342.20255A-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970420204545.008f9a20@mindspring.com>
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On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Kevin P. Neal wrote: > I would hate to see 50,000 line long /etc/passwd files copied everywhere. Its not pretty. IMHO the Unix UID/GID model breaks down around 20k users. We've got 200k users in an email system and we're moving to code that stores username/password entries in a CDB map instead of a password file. /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */
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