Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 00:25:05 -0700 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pwd_mkdb is intense Message-ID: <341.809767505@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Aug 1995 14:15:46 EDT." <199508291815.OAA02459@ns1.win.net>
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> We have a rather large password file and I can hear the system groaning > whenever someone changes their password. Top shows the process go to > about 20-30% of the P90 for around 2 or 3 minutes. Swap space in use > increases by around 15% during this period. > > chpass/passwd all pass the buck to pwd_mkdb which recreates the entire > file. > > Is there a utility which updates the various keys in the db for just one > particular user id? Would the db routines that pwd_mkdb calls actually > support the in-place update of a particular record? :-) You should probably check the cache parameters for the db(3) code. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?
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