sub[ug]id manpages: add note about performance when using login names versus UIDs

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>
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Bostjan Skufca 2014-09-05 22:34:40 +00:00 committed by Serge Hallyn
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Multiple ranges may be specified per user.
</para>
<para>
When large number of entries (10000-100000 or more) are defined in
<filename>/etc/subgid</filename>, parsing performance penalty will
become noticeable. In this case it is recommended to use UIDs
instead of login names. Benchmarks have shown speed-ups up to 20x.
</para>
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Multiple ranges may be specified per user.
</para>
<para>
When large number of entries (10000-100000 or more) are defined in
<filename>/etc/subuid</filename>, parsing performance penalty will
become noticeable. In this case it is recommended to use UIDs
instead of login names. Benchmarks have shown speed-ups up to 20x.
</para>
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