Passwd command slow

[Greg Goodman]

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 at fastserve.net
>>
>>  Chief Technical Officer
>>
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Best regards,
 Greg Goodman                          mailto:admin at fastserve.net

 Chief Technical Officer                          

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              (213)673-4440 ext 204
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           Los Angeles Ca. 90013
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