From: sos@prospect.com.ru (Sergey Okhapkin) Subject: RE: getpwuid 6 May 1997 02:00:32 -0700 Sender: mail@cygnus.com Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <01BC5A13.FA37CA50.cygnus.gnu-win32@gater.krystalbank.msk.ru> Original-To: "gnu-win32@cygnus.com" , "'gunther.ebert@ixos-leipzig.de'" Encoding: 17 TEXT Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Gunther Ebert wrote: > environment. Note that every fstat call results in a call to several pwd > functions, and > using native APIs instead of /etc/passwd file operations would slow down > file operations > dramatically. > Hopefully, You are not right. Fstat calls does not requires acces to user's database, because all neccessary information (uid and gid) is contained in file's security descriptor. -- Sergey Okhapkin Moscow, Russia Looking for a job. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".