On Wed, 25 Oct 1995, Robert S. Thau wrote:
> There's a better solution, (though a much larger patch). I'll try to
> finish it today.
>
> There is a better solution, in the form of DBM group files, which
> people with really large group databases should probably be using
> anyway. In the meantime, Ben's patch gives people with backwards
> compatibility problems something that works until they convert.
>
> I don't feel that large patches to anything are appropriate at this
> point in time, particularly not in security sensitive code, and
> *particularly* not when very simple, working alternatives are
> available. Performance improvements can wait for the next round.
>
> rst
>
No documentation ANYWHERE on how DBM group files are made, and the
"dbmmanage.new" script doesn't seem to handle the group files - only the
password files. In the meantime, I'm putting in the patch, and I'll let
you know how it works. Currently, my userlist is 6042 users.
Richard
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