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diff --git a/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8 b/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8 index 2ab2cee6ca5f..845662dc233c 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8 @@ -99,6 +99,20 @@ The front-ends to and .IR vipw (8), handle the locking necessary to avoid this problem. +.PP +Standard database make routines are slow especially for big passwd +files. Moreover, *pwd.db bases are too big and waste root space. +You can have much faster routines with small *pwd.db, +but loose binary compatibility +with previous versions and with other BSD-like systems. +If you want to setup much faster routines, define +.B PW_COMPACT +envirnoment variable (f.e. 'setenv PW_COMPACT' in csh) and use +.I bootstrappwd +target into /usr/src/Makefile. +If you will want to return this changes back, use the same target +without defining +.BR PW_COMPACT . .SH COMPATIBILITY Previous versions of the system had a program similar to .I pwd_mkdb, |