Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:40:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@mahoroba.org> Cc: n@nectar.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Testers wanted: nsswitch Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008221438520.922-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000823.020859.74674005.ume@mahoroba.org>
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote: > >>>>> On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 16:30:17 -0500 > >>>>> "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> said: > > n> I've made a port of NetBSD's nsswitch code. This allows one to > n> configure various databases such as passwd(5) to use files, NIS, > n> or Hesiod. > > I like bringing nsswitch into FreeBSD. It will reduce maintainance > cost around resolver related routins. > When I merged KAME effort around fixing DNS query order problem from > NetBSD, I was forced to work with nsswitch -> host.conf issue. I think we all like the semantics, but I recall a large discussion about a year ago that NetBSD's nsswitch is serializing, which for heavy DNS use is a major performance hit. I don't recall if a design ever came out of it. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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