On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Rich Burroughs wrote:
> I've been seeing a kind of weird problem with a new RH5 server that I
> recently built. It's using a fairly large passwd file (close to 11,000
> lines), and when I put that file in place things really slow down on the
> box. Logins take up to several seconds when the server is basically idle,
> and it seems like disk access in general slows way down.
>
> I thought this might be due to a change in the default users in the
> password file, permissions, etc., but I see the same thing when I cat the
> users with UIDs of 500+ onto the end of the default RH5 passwd file.
>
> Has anyone else seen problems with large password files on RH5? I think
> this may be connected to some other issue (like a weird user entry or
> dupes), but it worked fine with RH4.1 and RH4.2. I don't have the problem
> at all until I put the extra users into place, and I've been able to
> duplicate the issue on another RH5 machine. I am using shadow. I believe
> that I have all the updates in place, at least the ones that were out by
> Friday of last week...
>
>
Same problem here, try to report it to the pam-list, it is from my
understanding related to the libpwdb modules. I only have about 2K+ users,
and I experience the same thing. 4.2 seems like a blink, 5.0, frankly
sucks. Yes I have all the updates in place also.
later
Kelley
--
PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
"unsubscribe" as the Subject.
