On 2 Mar 1997, Michael Graff wrote:

> One thing to consider here is this.  When using a hash format Berkeley
> DB file you can't get above about 100 inserts/sec.  If you switch to a
> btree format you get many more.
> 
> Perhaps we have outgrown the hash format?

You bet. Even on my relatively small system (less than 2000 password
file entries) it takes seven or eight seconds on my 486/66 to change
a password.  This is annoying.

cjs

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