Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:32:39 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com>, mwm@mired.org, "Wes Peters" <wes@softweyr.com>, "Randell Jesup" <rjesup@wgate.com>, "Terry Lambert" <tlambert@primenet.com>, "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net>, "josb@cncdsl.com" <josb@cncdsl.com>, "chat@FreeBSD.ORG" <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DJBDNS vs. BIND Message-ID: <15013.15191.959589.129112@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <200103061926.f26JQPf57250@earth.backplane.com> References: <SAK.2001.03.06.ktlteqfs@support10> <200103061926.f26JQPf57250@earth.backplane.com>
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Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> types: > :my FreeBSD box. I even look at the .db files of passwd/master.passwd, and I still dont' > :get why BSD didn't just stick with plaintext versions of those as most other unixes have > :[well I only know of Linux and the fresh install of Solaris 8 here]. > > Mmmmmm.... because when you have thousands of user accounts having the > password file DBMd makes things like 'ls -la', 'top', or anything else > that has to lookup a username (read: lots of programs) a whole lot faster. Login was always my favorite example. It was taking long enough on Ultrix at Berkeley that some of the things in the chain between a dial-in user and the system would time out before it finished. Not good. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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