Re: [SLE] Login delay

From: Thorsten Kukuk (kukuk_at_suse.de)
Date: 09/02/04

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    On Wed, Sep 01, Dan Jones wrote:

    > I'm running SuSE 9.1 Logging in is very slow. I'm not talking about X
    > loading. Logging in prompts for a password. If I give an incorrect
    > password, it takes about 2 or 3 seconds to tell me that. If I give a
    > correct password, it takes literally 45 seconds to a minute to give me a
    > command prompt. It doesn't matter where or how I'm logging in. Running
    > 'su' from a shell gives the same delay. Running a program such as YaST,
    > which requires the root password, gives the same delay. The delay
    > occurs with either a normal user or root. It occurs with any shell
    > (bash, zsh, csh, etc). I thought perhaps the issue might be with shadow
    > passwords and so disabled them. No change. Any time I have to enter a
    > password, there's a delay of close to a minute.

    This normally means you have problems with DNS lookup or other,
    similar network problems. On function tries to connect to a network
    service and waits for the timeout.

      Thorsten 

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