> I have a problem that my Linux server has to manage about 10000 users. > I was looking for information about maximum user for Linux,but I could't. > Are there anyone who have experiment of managing huge accounts? > i have no practical experience, but ... the uid and gid are 32 bit numbers, afaik. this means, that you may have more than 4*10^9 accounts. one of the problems may be, that the passwd file is a simple text file, which might cause long delays, if it must be searched for the twenty-millionth user. buts that's more theoretical, i think ...
i know, that there are special things for large networks like novell's directory services and a password database for pam (which might be much more effective than a text file), but i have no real idea, what these are and what they are for. anybody with experience with large systems? -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.
