Subject: Re: network logins slow with tcsh?
To: None <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
From: Niklas Hallqvist <niklas@appli.se>
List: current-users
Date: 04/22/1996 11:17:29
>>>>> "Jukka" == Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi> writes:
Jukka> Am I the only one who has this problem in a local network?
>> To me it sounds like your reverse DNS lookups fails. If your
>> client's IP is A.B.C.D, try this:
>>
>> nslookup set type=PTR D.C.B.A.in-addr.arpa
>>
>> If that does take time, it's rev DNS that's the culprit.
Jukka> Thanks for the suggestion. I tried this. The reply comes
Jukka> immediately.. no hang of any kind.
Jukka> BTW, the rlogin hang time is either 4..5 seconds or 9..11
Jukka> seconds, depending on my luck. I didn't see any delays of
Jukka> 5...9 seconds when starting several rlogins. Maybe the delay
Jukka> is one or two timeouts of some kind?
Just to be sure... you did the nslookup on the server machine?
I hope I don't insult you, by asking... I still think rev DNS
is your problem as telnet works fast. rlogind authenticates via
rev DNS lookup among other things, telnet doesn't.
Niklas
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