ypserv, groups and ndbm

[Waldher, Travis R]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Stevens [mailto:rstevens at vitalstream.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:46 AM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: ypserv, groups and ndbm
> 
> Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> > Ok, we hit a line limitation with NIS, 1024 characters.  This
problem
> > first surface with netgroups, then recently with groups.  I've been
> > searching, discovered this:
> >
> > http://supportforum.sun.com/network/index.php?t=msg&goto=484&rid=0
> >
> > Is there any way to increase the hash table size to something more
than
> > 1024?
> 
> Not really.  That's the internals of ndbm.  If you were to recode NIS
> to use a different database backend, then you could.
> 
> You might be able to get around it by using makedbm with the
> "--no-limit-check" option to create the database file first.  I won't
> swear to that working, but hey, it's possible.
> 
> BTW, this is one of the reasons LDAP was created with the RFC2307
> fields.

If I were able to build the database files using that option.

For all intensive purposes the clients should have no problem reading
them?  Or do the clients also use the ndbm database to read the files
in?

LDAP is an option... and I will begin looking at converting NIS to LDAP.
But I will hopefully be out of this pit of a place and group and working
somewhere better before the opportunity to convert would arise.