> > i dunno if this'll help, but a while ago i heard something about tar
> > and nis, and that removing nis and nis+ stuff from /etc/nsswitch.conf
> > would speed it up.
>
> As noted previously, this is the magic bullet.
It's the right solution only if you don't need nis and nis+ at all.
The real solution is to use the nscd which comes with glibc 2.1.
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