Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 11:02:37 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Michael Bushkov <bushman@rsu.ru> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] upcoming /etc/services updating Message-ID: <20060429100236.GJ51777@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <001801c66b42$d48d4740$e8775050@jersey> References: <002401c66b0a$44c230e0$01655050@jersey> <44529510.6030704@freebsd.org> <20060428222627.GI51777@submonkey.net> <001801c66b42$d48d4740$e8775050@jersey>
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On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 08:09:35AM +0400, Michael Bushkov wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Colin Percival wrote:
> >>
> >>Now that searching through a large /etc/services file is no longer a
> >>performance bottleneck, I intend to merge most of IANA's port assignment
> >>list into our /etc/services some time in mid-May.
> >>
> >>If anyone objects to this, please let me know now.
> >
> >Would it be wise to wait until cached is enabled by default?
>
> Yes - and caching for services should be turned on in nsswitch.conf by
> default too.
Good point.
> I think, that "perform-actual-lookups" mode should also be enabled for
> "services" by default in cached.conf - so that the cache for services
> information would be the same for all users.
So "perform-actual-lookups" essentially creates a system-wide cache?
> Besides, as services
> information changes extremely rarely, I'd also suggest putting greater TTL
> values for "services" in the cached.conf.
Yes, the services cache could always be flushed by the superuser after
changing the services data source.
Ceri
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-- Moliere
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