Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 18:53:43 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: slava <sl@zeus.dnt.md> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd taking too long Message-ID: <3243.937846423@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:41:21 %2B0300." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909201936001.40625-100000@zeus.dnt.md>
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On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:41:21 +0300, slava wrote: > I have a free web based email service running on a 3.3-Release machine > and when users open new acounts it takes about 25 sec. for pwd_mkdb > to proccess the master.passwd file. And I only have 10,000 accounts > on the system. All this time the user has to wait. > > Can anyone suggest a way to accelerate this proccess? It would help to know how you're using pwd_mkdb. Quite often, if you're just changing the information for one user, you can use pwd_mkdb's -u option to speed things up. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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