RE: [cobalt-users] What is the max # of accounts per RAQ???

[Chris Adams <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>At 06:25 PM 1/12/00  Chris Adams wrote:
>>On Wed, 12 Jan 2000 18:12:42 -0800, Jeff Lasman wrote:
>>
>> >While there isn't a "real" limit, there's definitely a practical limit,
>> >though I haven't reached it.
>> >
>> >Each email account is a user.  The more users there are, the longer the
>> >"passwd" and "shadow" files that have to be checked at login.
>>
>>There's a hard limit on current Linux systems - the UID is stored in a 16-
>bit
>>integer. You'll never get past 2^16 users until someone does a kernel 
patch.
>
>You'll reach performance issues first <smile>.

Depends on the users, but yes, mostly due to the amazingly poor scaling mail 
subsystem (Unix mailboxes. Ick). I think that a properly designed mail 
subsystem could hit that many users on Cobalt hardware.
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