I found that when logging (or using su, or any authentication), it was looking for ldap. Ldap was added to /etc/pam.d/system-auth and caused an ldap search. There isn't an ldap server to find here, so it just sat there looking for it for a minute. I removed the ldap lines and it worked fine. -Josh > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Andrei Bazhgin > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 1:18 PM > To: TCLUG (E-mail) > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] authentication (logon) takes forever > > > Make sure the remote host knows how to do a reverse DNS lookup for the > connecting computer. > > When yoo connect to a server, the server will say "hmm, > someone is connecting > ... I wonder what their hostname is, I am going to look it up > ..." and it starts > looking for it. If it cant find it for a long time, it will > give up and use the > IP instead. To fix this, you have two options: > > 1. Set up a DNS server. I havent done this, but it > shouldnt be too hard. > 2. Edit /etc/hosts. This is how I do it. I have the > following lines in > my /etc/hosts file (on the server): > > 192.168.0.100 gentoo.nan2d.com gentoo > 192.168.0.101 sparc.nan2d.com spac > > 'gentoo' & 'sparc' is the hostname that the server wil > use for the > connecting IP addresses 192.168.0.100 and 192.168.0.101. > > I hope that helped. Someone correct me if I am wrong. > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 09:22:37AM -0600, Josh Close wrote: > > When I ssh into my pass and put in my password, it takes > like 1-2 minutes to > > verify it. I still does it when the box is restarted. There > aren't any run > > away processes either. It also takes as long when using > "su". I have no clue > > what's going on. > > > > Can anyone help? > > > > -Josh > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > -- > Andrei Bazhgin | PGP Key ID: 0xCD2F19DA > www.nan2d.com | Public key: http://nan2d.com/~after/pubkey.asc > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list