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- From: bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura)
- Subject: Re: 386 Unix - is 5,000 logins realistic?
- Organization: Guru Systems/Funware Department
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:50:46 GMT
- Message-ID: <By1BCn.1vG@flatlin.ka.sub.org>
- References: <1992Nov18.031323.8045@toolz.uucp> <1992Nov18.174008.23663@cbnews.cb.att.com>
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- In <1992Nov18.174008.23663@cbnews.cb.att.com> adh@cbnews.cb.att.com (andrew.d.hay) writes:
- >dunno just how bad it would be, but you could also:
- >a) sort your passwd file
- >b) get a pd getty-replacement, and hack it to do a binary search.
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- >this ought to whiz, even on a 5k-line passwd!
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- That's not enough. ls(1), just to pick a program at random, also
- consults /etc/passwd.
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- Christoph Badura --- bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org
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- AIX is a better... is a better... is a better... OpenSystem.
- IBM Rep at GUUG Symposium '92
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