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Re: /etc/.name_service_door
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Fri May 30 22:26:01 1997
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: "Richard Basch" <basch@lehman.com>
Cc: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>, testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 May 1997 23:04:45 EDT."
<199705160304.XAA01210@badger.lehman.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 22:25:43 EDT
> This is associated with "nscd", a name-service-cache daemon. Basically,
> because NIS is so inefficient, Sun implemented a caching daemon, which
> you can tune. The communication channel to the nscd uses a new kernel
> construct, known as a "door". This new communication method is not
> documented properly, and in fact, is documented as an experimental
> interface that Sun may opt to discard at some later date.
>
> However, I do suggest that you look at the /etc/nscd.conf file. We
> found that it is grossly misconfigured in its default state, especially
> with respect to name lookups when you are running DNS...
It is my understanding that we're not using NIS at all. I assume that
makes this all more or less irrelevant.
Jonathon
