From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 30 18:16:27 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13BAD16A513 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:16:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from avscan1.sentex.ca (avscan1.sentex.ca [199.212.134.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A230043F93 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:16:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by avscan1.sentex.ca (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h911GNYN050009; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:16:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h911GMdK085010; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:16:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.0.20030930211841.07c490f8@209.112.4.2> X-Sender: mdtpop@209.112.4.2 (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:19:41 -0400 To: Greg Goodman From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <16410572221.20030930181331@fastserve.net> References: <1476593828.20030930175150@fastserve.net> <6.0.0.22.0.20030930210335.0739c0d8@209.112.4.2> <16410572221.20030930181331@fastserve.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by Sentex Communications (avscan1/20021227) cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: Passwd command slow X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 01:16:27 -0000 Wat does wc /etc/passwd show ? Are you running NIS ? ---Mike At 09:13 PM 30/09/2003, Greg Goodman wrote: >Hello Mike, > >I tried that and it didn't help. >Is there anything else I can try? > > > >Tuesday, September 30, 2003, 6:06:47 PM, you wrote: > > >MT> If you have a large password file, increase the cache size of pwd_mkdb > >MT> cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb > >MT> edit pwd_mkdb.c > >MT> On line 74 you see >MT> HASHINFO openinfo = { >MT> 4096, /* bsize */ >MT> 32, /* ffactor */ >MT> 256, /* nelem */ >MT> 2048 * 1024, /* cachesize */ >MT> NULL, /* hash() */ >MT> 0 /* lorder */ >MT> }; > >MT> do something like > >MT> HASHINFO openinfo = { >MT> 4096, /* bsize */ >MT> 32, /* ffactor */ >MT> 256, /* nelem */ >MT> 32 * 2048 * 1024, /* cachesize */ >MT> NULL, /* hash() */ >MT> 0 /* lorder */ >MT> }; > > >MT> Then > >MT> make depend >MT> make >MT> make install > >MT> ---Mike >MT> At 08:51 PM 30/09/2003, Greg Goodman wrote: > >>Hello Everyone, > >> > >>I have a server running freebsd 4.8. > >>When you type the command "passwd" it hangs for more than 2 minutes > >>before it finally responds and prompts to change an existing users > >>password. > >> > >>Can anyone shed some light on this issue? > >> > >>Thanks for the help. > >> > >>-- > >>Best regards, > >> Greg Goodman mailto:admin@fastserve.net > >> > >> Chief Technical Officer > >> > >> Fastserve Network > >> http://www.fastserve.net > >> (213)673-4440 ext 204 > >> 548 S. Spring St. Suite 1100 > >> Los Angeles Ca. 90013 > >> The Net Never Sleeps And Neither Do We > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >-- >Best regards, > Greg Goodman mailto:admin@fastserve.net > > Chief Technical Officer > > Fastserve Network > http://www.fastserve.net > (213)673-4440 ext 204 > 548 S. Spring St. Suite 1100 > Los Angeles Ca. 90013 > The Net Never Sleeps And Neither Do We