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Re: krb5 beta6 database entries disappearing?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (shields@crosslink.net)
Thu Aug 1 22:36:49 1996

To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: 2 Aug 1996 02:00:08 -0000
From: shields@crosslink.net

In article <tsld91byoww.fsf@tertius.mit.edu>,
Sam Hartman <hartmans@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> 	It's actually the db code that is a lot buggy; I don't think
> there are too many bugs in our support db.  Basically, this happens if
> you use db databases.  Don't use db databases.
> 
> 	The next release of Kerberos will include a newer version of
> db which we have some confidence in.

I thought gdbm had locking problems that made it unsuitable as well.
What should be used, if you don't have a "real" dbm library (i.e.,
on Linux)?
-- 
Shields, CrossLink.

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