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How the Lookaside Database Works

The four tables in the lookaside database (groupdb.la, hostdb.la, servdb.la, and userdb.la) contain resolution information for groups, hosts, services, and host names. The tables are located in the directory specified by the lookaside_path token in the seos.ini file, which by default is /opt/CA/AccessControl/ ladb.

CA ControlMinder internal name resolution is much faster than NIS name resolution and even faster than looking up the files.