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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 03:08:56 -0800
To: tech-security@NetBSD.ORG (NetBSD Security Technical Discussion List)
From: Erik Fair <fair@clock.org>
Subject: Re: SunOS/Solaris "nobody" UID versus NetBSD's "nobody" UID
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How often is that section of code run?

getpwnam(3) can turn into a YP or Kerberos(Hesiod) transaction, 
instead of just a quick db(3) lookup in a local password file. If 
that were run for every NFS access, it would be ... unfortunate.

	Erik