Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 11:38:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Minor patches to pwd_mkdb Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909011137050.31203-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <199909010753.AAA03419@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Mike Smith wrote:
> No. Try for a patch that guesses how big the password file is (try
> using stat()) and tunes the cache dynamically.
>
> Hardcoding this at _build_ time is not any sort of "right" solution.
Agreed on all counts. I'd also like to add a vote for this since
we have multiple machines with 16k user password files. I had intended to
start looking at the code and offer a solution instead of a me too, but it
sounds like others are already on the right track, so I'll be glad to test
something if someone comes up with patches.
Doug
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