Subject: Re: pwd_mkdb - 29,000 users in 7 Seconds.
To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.3miasto.net>
From: Jaromír <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 08/09/2001 22:36:03
Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> it's still 6.58s too much
> the right solution is to use database files directly and only change data
> that were changed without rebuilding. "real" files should be generated
> only in case of vipw.

Indeed. The DB update should be then faster than update of plaintext
passwd/shadow entry.

Jaromir
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