database/hash lookup for /etc/passwd?

system admin (root@oscar.centraltx.net)
Mon, 9 Sep 1996 20:25:13 -0500 (CDT)

I'm looking for pointers to how to setup either, a) getting merit
radius to hash the /etc/passwd entries when it starts up (or possibly
just storing them in memory when it initializes) or b) setting up a
hash/dbase replacement for /etc/passwd. I'm using the redhat 3.1
distrib of Linux, w/ kernel 2.0.18, and current libs. any thoughts?

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