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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!metter!openage!gryphon
- From: gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon)
- Subject: Re: 386 Unix - is 5,000 logins realistic?
- Organization: Open Age, Inc.
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:12:54 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.221254.13744@openage.openage.com>
- References: <1992Nov18.031323.8045@toolz.uucp>
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- todd@toolz.uucp (Todd Merriman) writes:
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- >Is it realistic to support about 5,000 logins with a 386 Unix?
- >There will be no more than 32 logins active at any time, but what
- >about the time it takes to look up the password during login?
-
- Passwd search times will make logging in slow. 5000 users in 1 group may make
- /etc/group unuseable, because they all have to be on one line. You may be able
- to fix that with "\"'s at the end of every x number of users.
-
- You will also have directory search problems if all their home directories
- reside in the same place. You can changes this and keep different parent
- directories based on their names or something. It will probably be best to sub
- divide them further.
-
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