Re: Q: Informix & Large Unix password files

Dave McConnell (mcconnel@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : I am developing an application using Informix 4.12 on a Unix box where : the potential number of users could exceed 50,000, but only a couple : hundred would be accessing at any one time. : During testing, it was determined that having a "LARGE UNIX PASSWORD" : file resulted in unbelievable response time when logging into Informix. : When accessing informix, an informix deamon process calls upon the : native operating system, in this case unix, to read the unix password : file for verification (reading it sequentially). Since the application : will need to support such a large number of potential users, the large : password file is a necessity. Unfortunately, the response time for : user verification is unnacceptable. : Any ideas speed this process would be greatly appreciated!!! : thanks in advance. perhaps you could look at the radius (sp?) database that is a /etc/passwd replacement for exactly this circumstatnce. archie should provide. Also if your 50k is a guess you may even find that you cannot go over 64k with the traditional system -- Clive Eisen email ceisen@travel2.com voice (+44) 831 522 180 ceisen@deepthwt.demon.co.uk