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authorAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>2002-07-28 02:36:16 +0000
committerAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>2002-07-28 02:36:16 +0000
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Warn about n^2 algorithm with utmp=yes.
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connection is made to a Samba server. Sites may use this to record the
user connecting to a Samba share.</para>
+ <para>Due to the requirements of the utmp record, we
+ are required to create a unique identifier for the
+ incoming user. Enabling this option creates an n^2
+ algorithm to find this number. This may impede
+ performance on large installations. </para>
+
<para>See also the <link linkend="UTMPDIRECTORY"><parameter>
utmp directory</parameter></link> parameter.</para>