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Re: Proposal: check and read /etc/{passwd,group} less frequently.


>>> On 14 Sep 2001 16:33:05 +0900
>>> Kazuhiro Fujieda <fujieda@jaist.ac.jp> said:

> > How often is internal_getlogin called relative to get(p|g)w*?
> 
> It is in set{g,u}id and uinfo_init. At the user's point of view, 
> the cache is updated only when they execute another command.

Oops, I've told a lie. it's a nonsense that internal_getlogin
invokes read_etc{passwd,group}. I tested it and found it
couldn't work as I intended. 

I'd like to change the proposal. Checking and reading
/etc/{passwd,group} should be held in uinfo_init.
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  | AIST      Kazuhiro Fujieda <fujieda@jaist.ac.jp>
  | HOKURIKU  Center for Information Science
o_/ 1990      Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology


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