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Date:      Mon, 25 Sep 1995 06:59:55 +0300 (MSK)
From:      =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) <ache@astral.msk.su>
To:        Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl>, Brian Tao <taob@io.org>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Guido's pwd_mkdb improvements (fwd)
Message-ID:  <qZxaYPmCoJ@ache.dialup.demos.ru>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950924173946.16293a-100000@trepan.io.org>; from Brian Tao at Sun, 24 Sep 1995 17:41:09 -0400 (EDT)
References:  <Pine.BSI.3.91.950924173946.16293a-100000@trepan.io.org>

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In message <Pine.BSI.3.91.950924173946.16293a-100000@trepan.io.org>
    Brian Tao writes:

>> A simple observation: most master.passwd updates are done because
>> only one line needs to be updated. So I added an option to
>> pwd_mkdb that only touches a specific record.

>    I read something about BSD/OS 2.0 having "incremental passwd
>database rebuilding"... same thing?

BSD/OS2 variant fails for users with same uid and different names.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov        : And I rest so composedly,  /Now, in my bed,
ache@astral.msk.su       : That any beholder  /Might fancy me dead -
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RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team :         E.A.Poe         From "For Annie" 1849



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