Bug#717235: proftpd requests the whole passwd database at each login

Marco d'Itri md at linux.it
Fri Jan 8 00:35:40 UTC 2016


On Sep 17, Marco d'Itri <md at linux.it> wrote:

> > After I switched from libnss-ldap to libnss-ldapd I noticed that at 
> > every login proftpd requests the whole content of the passwd database 
> > (i.e. like running "getent passwd).
> > This is evident from the nslcd debugging log ("passwd(all)").
> Are there any news about fixing this?
> This bug prevents using proftpd on systems with a large users database.
Since there has been no reaction from the maintainer in 2.5 years 
I intend to NMU proftpd in the next future and apply the patch in this 
bug. (And also fix #804322).

-- 
ciao,
Marco
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