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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!192.233.85.167!shore!news From: "Brian" <brian@capecod.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Running pwd_mkdb on large servers Date: 3 Feb 1997 03:59:28 GMT Organization: Shore.Net/Eco Software, Inc; (info@shore.net) Lines: 18 Message-ID: <01bc1186$fa8f0ca0$321c13cf@psycho> NNTP-Posting-Host: despair.capecod.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5843 Hello, I was wondering if there was a way to shorten the amount of time it takes to run pwd_mkdb on /etc/master.passwd .. It takes nearly a minute on a P200 w/ 64mb RAM. This system (our mail server) is constantly getting changes made to users and their passwords are changed occasionaly. But, with over 8000 mail accounts on this server, occasional can be considered almost every 10-15 minutes during the week. The problem isn't with it running for a minute, as much as the system load skyrocketing. Is there a way to either completely rid the server of a password database system, or a way to speed up this process so the system load isn't so high for up to a minute? Thanks Brian