[techtalk] Re: Solaris DBM files - .pag and .dir extensions?

[eito]

Hi,

Solaris's default db library is NDBM. It creates two files as
you saw. (I believe .dir is index, and .pag is data).
FreeBSD's or (any *BSD) default db is Berkley DB, and it uses
only one file.

If you don't want to have two files, you can install Berkely
DB2 (or 3) from SleepyCat Software (http://www.sleepycat.com).
(and you have to re-build apache, too)


Hope this helps,

:eito

On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 04:40:48PM -0400, Christian MacAuley wrote:
> Hi, everyone.  I hope i don't get shafted for asking for some help
> with Solaris Sparc ...
> 
> I'm migrating a website from my former FreeBSD / Apache web server
> over to Solaris Sparc / Apache (i'd rather not do this, but it's what
> the boss man wants).  The website relies on password protection via
> the Apache AuthDBMUserFile directive, where usernames and passwords
> are stored in a DBM file.
> 
> I have been using the dbmmanage script that comes with Apache to
> manage my DBM files.  In FreeBSD i can create a DBM file called
> "axess" by adding the user "jellhead" (or any username) using this
> command:
> dbmmanage axess adduser jellhead
> 
> In Solaris instead of creating one file called "axess", this command
> creates two files:
> axess.pag
> axess.dir
> 
> Does anyone have an experience with this?