[Samba] getent passwd fails at 20,000 users

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Galecki, Jason wrote:

> Does anyone know if there is a limit to the number users that getent will
> show?  We have over 30,000+ users in our NT 4 Domain and we are testing
> winbind and it's authentication process.   The Linux box is Redhat 8 and
> samba 2.2.5x, the default samba with RedHat 8.0.  All of the users we tested
> were able to get a home directory, use shares and permissions assigned.  All
> of the users over the 20k limit, could log in through the PDC, but they
> weren't able to get a home directory or use the permissions set on the
> directories.
> 
> When I run:
> wbinfo -t secret is good
> wbinfo -u all users appear in the list
> wbinfo -g all groups are in the list
> getent passwd stops to a prompt with no error at exactly 20,000 users.  Is
> there a way around this?  Is there a pam issue here?

No known limit.  We test at HP with extremely large domains on a 
regular basis.  Perhaps you should try 2.2.6.  I have no idea 
what patches RedHat may have added on the their RPM.  Researching it has 
been on my todo list for a few days now.....




cheers, jerry
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