It takes 10 seconds to create user account,where as without -Z option it takes less a second. I tried changing SELinux to Permissive mode or try to use tmpfs for /etc/selinux mountpoint , both didn't help.The problem is I'm re-creating 50000+ user accounts in a new server. Looks for options to speed-up this process. thanks for any pointers/help. # time useradd --uid=20005 -Z guest_u u20005 real 0m10.194s user 0m8.866s sys 0m1.273s # time useradd --uid=20006 u20006 real 0m0.050s user 0m0.018s sys 0m0.021s ---- Cheers, Lakshmipathi.G http://www.giis.co.in http://www.webminal.org _______________________________________________ selinux mailing list -- selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to selinux-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx