splitting big authorized_keys files

[Jim Knoble]

Circa 2003-08-19 10:30:19 +0200 dixit Markus Friedl:

: On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 10:14:35AM +0200, Ph. Marek wrote:
: > But that gives me a user, whose ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file has about 15000 
: > entries.
: 
: the current scheme was not intented for 15000 entries, you
: should try to switch some database...

For example:

  http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html

The CDB API is very simple and relatively lightweight, and it's
designed for situations where the database doesn't change very
frequently, which i imagine is the case for your 15000 pubkeys.
Additionally, the CDB tools allow you to maintain your keys via a text
file can easily be put under revision control.

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