Greetings UNIXers,
This may be a bit of a "gut feeling" type question, but here goes:
I have noticed that at some sites, the home directories on the file server
are split into subdirectories by the first letter of the username:
/u01/home/a/alan
...
/u01/home/b/brian
...
/u01/home/c/charlie
...
/u01/home/d/dave
...
etc...
Presumably, this is to reduce the overhead in processing a directory
with hundreds and 1000s of entries in it (which can become excessive)..
1. How many users do you need to have before this sort of thing becomes
a necessity???
2. Are there any scripts or programs to assist with administrating a large
user database (apart from the standard things), and/or something to assist
with converting home dirs from one type to the other???
TIA, fRAnX.
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Frank Gallacher, Sys. ANALyst/Programmer,(aka.frAnXoSAURus reX)
Systems D&I, Operator Assisted Services, Telstra (TELecom auSTRAlia).
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Received on Thu Aug 28 1997 - 02:52:51 NZST