Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 14:15:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: pwd_mkdb is intense Message-ID: <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? :-) Regards, Mark Hittinger bugs@win.net
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